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Wyllys, George, 1710-1796 [Resolution of the Connecticut Assembly to pay Amos Mead]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.169.02 Author/Creator: Wyllys, George, 1710-1796 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 11 May 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

States that Mead advanced Lieutenant James Hughes two hundred dollars Continental currency to raise a company for the defense of Greenwich. The next year Hughes defected to the enemy, leaving Mead with only a promissory receipt. The assembly resolves to pay Mead seven pounds ten schillings out of the treasury to cover this expense. Mead signs acknowledging receipt of the money. Written at "A General Assembly of the State of Connecticut."

Mead, Amos, 1730-1807
Wyllys, George, 1710-1796

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