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Bird, John, ?-1777 [Certification of arrival of recruits]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04764.27 Author/Creator: Bird, John, ?-1777 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Document signed Date: 27 March 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 23.9 cm. Order a Copy

Written in a secretarial hand for Bird as Lieutenant Colonel of 15th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that James Ainsworth and George Lupton, recruits from the 20th Regiment of Foot, have joined his regiment. Bird died on 4 October 1777 at the Battle of Germantown.

Kingston, Robert M., fl. 1776-1779
Bird, John, ?-1777

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