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Holmes, Henry, 1703-1762 to John Lorimer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.807.04.01 Author/Creator: Holmes, Henry, 1703-1762 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 7, 1758 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Letter signed by British Major General Holmes, Colonel of the 31st Regiment of Foot. Countersigned by John F. Hesse, certifying that this letter has been entered in the office of Thomas Gore, Commissary General of Musters. Holmes appoints Lorimer as surgeon to the 31st Regiment.

Holmes, Henry, 1703-1762
Lorimer, John, 1732-1795
Hesse, John F., fl. 1758-1778
Gore, Thomas, fl. 1741-1761

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