Certification of service of John Delesdernier
Document 1800Certification of service of John Delesdernier, who was a private in the Rhode Island Regiment.
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[Dear M.r Henry —
allow me to
beg you will be pleased to have
the herewith transmitted certificate
forthwith attended to —
[signature - undecipherable]]
James M.c Henry Esq.t
Secretary at War
Philadelphia
Providence the 18th March 1800,
I hereby certify that John Delesdernier late a private in the Rhode Island Regd. was Inlisted for three years on the Twenty Fifth day of Jany 1781, and that he Served in said Regd. until =til the 25th Day of Dect 1783 at which time said John was Discharged, together with all the Tr=ops Inlisted for three years, then Composing the Garrison of Saratoga —
[seal] Jered Olney late Lieut. Colt
Comt Rhode Island Regd.
James M.c Henry Esq.r
Secretary at War
Philadelphia
District of Rhode Island. March [undecipherable]
Jeremiah Olney Subscribed to the
aforewritten Certificate made both
to the truth thereof before me
[signature - undecipherable]
Dist. Judge
Type
Document
Description
Certification of service of John Delesdernier, who was a private in the Rhode Island Regiment.
Date
03/18/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Providence
Document number
1800031840201
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Olney
Rhode Island Regiment
Private John Delesdernier
Gallatin
District Judge
Secretary at War
Refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia
Gedion Delesdernier
Mary Delesdernier
Notable locations
Nova Scotia
Windsor
Sackville
Philadelphia
Providence
Rhode Island
Garrison at Saratoga
Canada
Halifax
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Kennebec
Maine
Boston
Notable items
Act of Congress
enlisted
War of American Independence

