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Autograph arrest order signed : "Camp Romopogh", to Captain Hofler, 1779 Aug. 6.

BIB_ID
80637
Accession number
MA 558.121
Creator
Alexander, William, 1726-1783.
Display Date
1779 Aug. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 13.9 x 15.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
The recipient served as Captain of the 1st Virginia State Regiment from January 1777 - October 1779.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Being an arrest warrant; ordering him "to Consider yourself as under arrest & to repair to this place where your Charge be exhibited to you, you are to leave notice of your arrival in Camp at my Quarters."