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Height, Silvanus, fl. 1783 Petition of Inhabitants to have Captain Taylor continue on the South redoubts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02180 Author/Creator: Height, Silvanus, fl. 1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 June 1783 Pagination: Order a Copy

Signed by Height and four other individuals. Request from the inhabitants of the south Redoubts that Captain [Othniel] Taylor remain in command of the area since "the people in this Quarter [have lived] in the greatest Harmony and friendship with the Troops ... " Possibly written in New York.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Flapper, John, fl. 1783
Nelson, Caleb, fl. 1783
Mantrass, Jacob, fl. 1783
Height, Silvanus, fl. 1783

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