Macpherson, John, ?-1775 [Discharge for James Arden]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02497.10 Author/Creator: Macpherson, John, ?-1775 Place Written: Ticonderoga, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 31 August 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 7 x 16 cm. Order a Copy
There is "no further employ" for James Arden, a mason sent up from New York by Peter T. Curtenius "by Order of the Provincial Congress of New York." Therefore he is discharged, by order of General Montgomery. Written at "Head Quarters" Signed by Macpherson as Aide de Camp.
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