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Certificate for Henry Beekman Livingston, 20 May 1779

Certificate for Henry Beekman Livingston

[Middlebrook 20 May 1779]

I certify that Henry B. Livingston Esquire has served in the Army of the United States in the capacities of Captain, Lieutenant Colonel & Colonel, with the command of a regiment, in all which he has maintained the character of an intelligent, active & brave Officer, having distinguished himself upon several occasions.1 Given under my Hand at Middle Brook Camp the 20 day of May 1779.

Df, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.M

1. Livingston had resigned in January 1779.

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    Certificate for Henry Beekman Livingston, 20 May 1779
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    Washington, George
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    “Certificate for Henry Beekman Livingston, 20 May 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-20-02-0491. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 20, 8 April–31 May 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, p. 547.]