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Tomlinson, Curtis, fl. 1776-1790 [To the Committee of Inspection of the Sound of Wallingford]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.609.08 Author/Creator: Tomlinson, Curtis, fl. 1776-1790 Place Written: Wallingford, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: December 7, 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Tomlinson requests that the committee pay Thomas Murring for the use of a horse for an express, by order of General David Wooster. Caleb Hall signs, certifying that "the Above Horse was Impressed for I could not Git a Horse any other way for the man." Docketed 18 June 1777 by Gideon [Herford?].

Tomlinson, Curtis, fl. 1776-1790
Hall, Caleb, fl. 1776
Herford, Gideon, fl. 1776
Wooster, David, 1711-1777
Murring, Thomas, fl. 1776

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