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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.101 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1783 |
Title | Official discharge of Leonard Chapin Matross from the 2nd New York Artillery Regiment |
Date | 9 June 1783 |
Author | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Countersigned by Washington's military secretary, Jonathan Trumbull, and Adjutant James Bradford. Matross' discharge came shortly after the end of the American Revolution. His service began 10 March 1781. With a nineteenth century note on the loan of this document to an International Exposition by Mrs. William Cummings Story Lawrence of Long Island, New York. Partially printed. |
Subjects | Military History President Artillery Revolutionary War |
People | Washington, George (1732-1799) Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) Bradford, James (d. 1791) |
Place written | Newburgh, New York |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Notes: Date originally appears at bottom of page one on document but placed at top of transcription for convention. Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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