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Nicolas, Lewis, 1717-1807 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Gibbs]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09664 Author/Creator: Nicolas, Lewis, 1717-1807 Place Written: Fishkill, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 28 February 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Nicola recommends Gibbs, of the Invalid Regiment, for a fifteen day leave of absence to settle business "with the commissioners who are to assemble at Hartford."

Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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