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Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812 [Extract from minutes of a meeting of the Board of War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00952 Author/Creator: Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 May 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 26.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Carleton, Secretary of the Board of War, attests that as soon as the Board of War receives an accurate return of field commissaries of military stores, Richard Frothingham will be appointed principal field commissary of military stores and will have his warrant dated from the time [Samuel] Hodgdon quit the department.

Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
United States. Continental Congress. Board of War and Ordnance
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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