Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798 [Account betwee John Ely and Connecticut]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.143.22 Author/Creator: Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 5 May 1790 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 32 cm Order a Copy
Formal record listing money to Ely by Connecticut. Includes pay of one dollar per day for time while he was captured, and reimbursement for expenses such as rations incurred during fighting. Includes conversion values between old currencies and new dollars. Signed twice by Howell as the General Commissioner for the Office of Army Accounts.
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