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Swift, Heman, 1733-1814 [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant DeForrest]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09658 Author/Creator: Swift, Heman, 1733-1814 Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 25, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 16.6 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Swift recommends DeForrest, of the Second Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

Swift, Heman, 1733-1814
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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