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Letter from Captain Gordon (prisoner) to the Committee of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, requesting a pass for his servant

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CAPTAIN GORDON (PRISONER) TO THE COMMITTEE OF LANCASTER
, PENNSYLVANIA.

Yorktown, September 5, 1776.

SIR: The Committee of this place having been pleased to grant permission for Thomas Deaken, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, to come over here as my servant, your procuring him a pass for that purpose as soon as convenient, will oblige,

Sir, you very humble servant,

A˙ GORDON, Captain, 26th Regiment.

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Title

Letter from Captain Gordon (prisoner) to the Committee of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, requesting a pass for his servant

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-09-05

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: prisoners
Social reality: class

Document ID

S5-V2-P01-sp07-D0009

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V2

Part

S5-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S5-V2-P01-sp07

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