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Mitchell, Nathan, 1729-1789 [Attestation for Ebenezer Burgus]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.195.01 Author/Creator: Mitchell, Nathan, 1729-1789 Place Written: Bridgewater, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 18 March 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that Burgus was a "minute man in my Company" was "aquited agreable" in battle and is owed eight schillings.

Mitchell, Nathan, 1729-1789

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