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Wheelock, Eleazor, 1711-1779 [Fine for refusing to enter the Continental Service]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.029 Author/Creator: Wheelock, Eleazor, 1711-1779 Place Written: Medfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 23 August 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 5.5 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Signed "By order of the Select Men." Receipt for ten pounds received of Asa Hamant as a fine for refusing the enter Continental service after being notified.

Wheelock, Eleazor, fl. 1778

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