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Brown, Ezekiel, fl. 1783 [Certifies that Joseph Bliss has been unable to return to camp for two months]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09707 Author/Creator: Brown, Ezekiel, fl. 1783 Place Written: Concord, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 12 April 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.8 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Notes that Lieutenant Bliss serves in the Massachusetts Regiment of Artillery. Written in Concord; state inferred from content. Also signed by John Cummings.

Brown, Ezekiel, fl. 1783
Cummings, John, fl. 1783

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