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Chapin, Ephraim, 1745-1812 [Pay roll for Captain Ephraim Chapin's Company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.64.11 Author/Creator: Chapin, Ephraim, 1745-1812 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1777 Pagination: 2 p. ; 37.1 x 30.4 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by William Pynchon, who attests to the validity of this pay roll. Includes names, dates of engagement and discharge, rank, and amount of pay per soldier.

Chapin, Ephraim, 1745-1812
Pynchon, William, fl. 1777
Woodbridge, Ruggles, fl. 1777

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