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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Military commission to the position of Ensign in the company of Captain Zacharius Hoffman, given to Louis Bevier of New Paltz, NY, signed by New York Colonial Governor, Robert Hunter, 1711.
James is happy to hear from his sister about the family farm animals. The army has been on the move, but he wasn't well enough to travel. He mentions how heavy the loads are and his friend Whitmore Baxter who has lost a thumb. James mentions that...