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Description	English: Document commissioning Nathan Hale a captain in the nineteenth regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Charles Webb. Signed by John Hancock. Dated 1 January 1776. 23.7 cm. x 33.6 cm. Courtesy of the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Date	26 February 2013, 17:05:37
Source	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University [1]
Author	John Hancock, Congress of the United States

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