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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02498.04 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 |
Title | Certificate of service and of disability |
Date | 20 February 1765 |
Author | Dayton, Elias (1737-1807) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | "This is to certify that the bearer, John Williams, has served in the New Jersey Regiment [illegible] the command of Col. McDonald and Serjent in Capn Daytons Company and in the service has lost the use of [illegible] thumb. Given under my hand and seal." Signed as Captain of the New Jersey Regiment. An important Revolutionary War military figure, Dayton was a member of the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788. |
Subjects | Military History Injury or Wound Health and Medical |
People | Dayton, Elias (1737-1807) |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |