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Latimer, Henry, 1752-1819 [Recommendation for Jacob Baker's discharge]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01131 Author/Creator: Latimer, Henry, 1752-1819 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 13 August 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17.7 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Latimer, a surgeon in the Flying Hospital, states that Baker, an artificer in Colonel Baldwin's regiment, is unfit for duty and should be discharged from service.

Latimer, Henry, 1752-1819

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