Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Certificate of service for Major Job Sumner]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03026 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Dorchester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 29 July 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy
Certifies that Sumner served in the Massachusetts line "from the earliest period of and during the whole War... he has through all its exigencies and distresses sustained the reputation of a gallant, and intelligent officer and has retired to private life by the final reduction of the Continental Army..." Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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