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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.02600
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0066] 1-10 October 1783 
Title Correspondence from John Kilby Smith to Henry Knox regarding a soldier of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment who was mustered a deserter for exceeding furlough limits
Date 1 October 1783
Author Smith, John Kilby (d. 1842)  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Discusses a case where a soldier of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment was mustered as a deserter for exceeding the "limitation of a furlow ... " Smith explains that this soldier only exceeded the amount of time given due to sickness, which prevented him from rejoining his regiment within the appointed time and asks Knox to grant him a furlough.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  Desertion  Health and Medical  
People Smith, John Kilby (d. 1842)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written West Point, New York
Theme Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859