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Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 to Nathan Denison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02499.01 Author/Creator: Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 December 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Planned an election for battalion officers, but his men preffered to have him appoint battalion officers. Hopes Denison can inform him if this would be allowed under military law.

Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795
Denison, Nathan, 1740-1809

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