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Fitch, Jabez, 1737-1812 [Certification pertaining to Governor Trumbull]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03035 Author/Creator: Fitch, Jabez, 1737-1812 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 August 1784 Pagination: 1 p. ; 5.7 x 17.9 cm. Order a Copy

Fitch attests that on 24 February 1778, he informed Governor Jonathan Trumbull (of Connecticut) of the release of Lieutenant Gove from captivity, and of Gove's "readiness to Enter into the Service in the Continental Army."

Fitch, Jabez, 1737-1812
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785

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