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[Return of Captain Simon Edgel's Company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.219.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Document signed Date: 9 October 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Possibly for Edgel's Framingham, Massachusetts Company. States that Edgel's Company is part of Colonel Jacob's Regiment, possibly referring to John Jacobs. Includes a chart indicating different positions held within the company, but no numbers are indicated.

Edgel, Simon, 1733-1820
Jacobs, John, 1735-1817

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