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Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800 [Massachusetts Bay treausury document]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.148 Author/Creator: Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 29 November 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary John Avery to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by 15 members of the Council Chamber. Directs the treasurer to pay 50 pounds to Edward Cutt, commissary, for provisions for the troops stationed at Kittery Point.

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