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Greg,
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>A letter of Marq? signed by Captain John Barry which promises a "flare
>portion
>of prize money" for service on his ship.
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According to my encyclopedia, this is probably a 'letter of marque and
reprisal' which gave the bearer permission (from a government at war) to be
a privateer.
>A Discharge letter signed in 1783 by B. Lincoln Secretary of War.
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B. Lincoln is Benjamin Lincoln. Again, according to my encyclopedia, he was
also a Major General and accepted the British surrender at Yorktown, for
George Washington.
I don't know anything about the call to muster poster and I don't have any
sources about the Revolutionary War, off the top of my head. Hope this
helps.
Cheers,
Chris Godbold
Assistant Curator
Heritage Farmstead Museum
Plano, TX
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