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Beatty, Reading, 1757-1831 [Documentation of Captain McElhattan's injury]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09652 Author/Creator: Beatty, Reading, 1757-1831 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 20 February 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Beatty, surgeon for the Pennsylvania Artillery, attests that McElhattan "received a hurt on his lame shoulder some time ago, & has not been able to join his regiment before this time." Written at the barracks of Philadelphia.

Beatty, Reading, 1757-1831
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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