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O'Reily, John, fl. 1783 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Elisha Munsel]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09628 Author/Creator: O'Reily, John, fl. 1783 Place Written: Philipstown, New York Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: February 5, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy

O'Reily, Captain of an Invalid Regiment, recommends Munsel, of Captain McGowan's Company, for a leave of absence due to the "distress of his Wife with a Cancer in her Breast." Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island.

O'Reily, John, fl. 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Munsel, Elisha, fl. 1783

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