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Bushnell, David, 1740-1826 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Private Abel Page]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09690 Author/Creator: Bushnell, David, 1740-1826 Place Written: Philipstown, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 March 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Captain David Bushnell recommends Page for a fifteen day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

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