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DISCHARGE AND BADGE OF MERIT FOR SERVICE IN 1ST NEW YORK REGIMENT (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Partly-printed Document Signed, "G:Washington," as Commander-in-Chief, military discharge of "Robert Wilkinson Sergeant in the first New York Regiment, having faithfully served the United States Eight Years . . . has been honored with the Badge of Merit." Countersigned by Secretary J[onathan] Trumbull, Jr., additionally signed by Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Van Dyck. 1¼ pages, folio, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; cello tape repairs to separations at folds verso, faint dampstaining affecting text and signatures, small holes at fold intersections with minor loss to text, moderate chipping at all edges. "Head-Quarters," 8 June 1783
