Scope and Content: Julia Ward Stickley, a staff member of the National Archives, researched the life of Deborah Sampson Gannett, a Massachusetts resident who, disguised as a man, enlisted as Robert Shurtliff in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army.  Gannett served in several battles and was injured and hospitalized, when her sex was discovered and she was honorably discharged from military service.  Series gathers copies of Stickley’s research sources and correspondence concerning Gannett.
Notes: Presented to Archives by Julia Ward Stickley, July 1984
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