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[Certificate of enlistment and discharge for Samson Cuff]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09366.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 9 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War African American soldier Samson Cuff. Certification of enlistment and discharge signed by four Windsor, CT selectmen. To the Committee of Paytable.

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