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to John Bryant

August 8, 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Colonel Crane asks Captain Bryant to sign a duplicate receipt for recruitment money Crane had given him in 1777, so he could settle his accounts. Crane had lost the original.

GLC03432.103

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Lemuel Trescott

4 September 1791

Turner, Edward D., fl. 1768-1811

Informs major Trescott that he is sending six new recruits, two of which need to be examined by a doctor. Also discusses finding a person to "Stack [Major Trescott's] pistols." Trescott resigned his commission later that year and went on to found...

GLC03432.106

Collection Item

Printed document signed

[Receipt for 300 pounds for Continental Army enlistment]

February 5, 1777

Belcher, William, 1731-1801

Partially printed document signed by Captain Belcher indicating his receipt of the money "for the additional Encouragement granted...for raising a Company in the Battalion to be commanded by Jedediah Huntington Colonel."

GLC01450.194.02

Collection Item

Autograph document signed

[Bounty receipt for Revolutionary War soldiers]

17 August 1779

Foster, Caleb, 1760-?

Indicates the receipt of twenty one pounds for Foster and Allen Perley enlisting "to go to Boston 'tll the first of October."

GLC01450.218.05

Collection Item

Manuscript document

[Note of the enlistment of Eli Lealand, John Fairbanks, and Joseph Morese in the Continental Army]

1775-1783