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Thompson, Charles, fl. 1788 re: extending Continental officer subsistance money

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07199 Author/Creator: Thompson, Charles, fl. 1788 Place Written: York-Town, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 1778/06/06 Pagination: Order a Copy

Addressed to "all militia or other troops which may from time to time be called into the Continental service." Signed in type by Charles Tompson as Secretary of Congress. One bust engraving of Thompson included as collateral.

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