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Hancock, John, 1737-1793 [Commission for William Burbeck as First Lieutenant Colonel]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10001 Author/Creator: Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 January 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 39.2 cm Order a Copy

Partially-printed document signed. Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. Burbeck is commissioned to serve in the artillery regiment commanded by Henry Knox.

Hancock, John, 1737-1797
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Burbeck, William, 1716-1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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