A petition signed by 10 non-commissioned officers and soldiers : to Henry Jackson Esqr Colo. of a Regt. of Foot in the service of the United Staes of N. America and commander in chief of a detachment now canton'd at Pawtuxet, [R.I.] 20th Novr. 1778

A petition signed by 10 non-commissioned officers and soldiers : to Henry Jackson Esqr Colo. of a Regt. of Foot in the service of the United Staes of N. America and commander in chief of a detachment now canton'd at Pawtuxet, [R.I.] 20th Novr. 1778

Pawtuxet, [R.I] 1778

1 leaf ([1] p.) ; 32 x 20 cm.

MSS L2006F216

Petitioning Col. Henry Jackson, of Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, to give them leave to visit their families in Dighton, Massachusetts for the proclaimed day of "public prayer and Thanksgiving" on November 26, 1778 "upon the close of a very fatiguing tho' successful campaign."
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