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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.072 Author/Creator: Place Written: Burlington, Vermont Type: Autograph document Date: 10 July 1806 to 10 July 1813 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

This document announces Lieutenant Walter Sheldon as Pay Master for the 11th Regiment in Burlington, Vermont.

The New Nation, 1783-1815
Military Service
Military Personnel
War of 1812
The Early Republic

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