Grant of leave to Michael Bowyer by General Charles Scott, 1777 November 11
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Grant of leave to Michael Bowyer by General Charles Scott, 1777 November 11
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Grant of leave to Captain Michael Bowyer of the 12th Virginia Regiment. Bowyer was allowed to travel to his home to have his family inoculated against the smallpox.
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Capt. Michal Bowyer of the 12th Virginia
Regiment hearby has leave of absence
from the Service in order to have his
Family inoculated, when that is Compleated
and the Family out of Danger he is to return.
The time this Business will take is once it [illegible] is the reason
that no particular number of Days is mention'd.
Given under my hand
By order of His Excellency Genl.
Washington this 11th [illegible] Novr. 1777
Chs Scott B. Genl.
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Capt. Bowyer
Leave of Abss.
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“Grant of leave to Michael Bowyer by General Charles Scott, 1777 November 11,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 26, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/69.
