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Committee of Defence (Philadelphia, Pa.) [Call for applications to join a Corps of Field Engineers for the defense of Philadelphia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02978.03 Author/Creator: Committee of Defence (Philadelphia, Pa.) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1814/08 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Calls for 100 men to serve as artillerists. Indicates pay will be the same as artificers in the United States Army. The committee was authorized to raise the corps by the General Committee of Philadelphia.

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

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