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Stafford, John R., ?-1812 [Return]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10544 Author/Creator: Stafford, John R., ?-1812 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 11 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 43.9 cm, Width: 34.2 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Michael Jackson. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

Bailey, F., fl. 1781-1792
Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801
StaStafford, John R., ?-1812

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