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- GLC#
- GLC01450.183.02-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 7 May 1777
- Author/Creator
- Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
- Title
- [Note to pay James Rice]
- Place Written
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 14.7 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
To Johnathan Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut. Written by Ellsworth as a member of the Pay-Table Committee, which was responsible for Connecticut's finances during the Revolution. Receipt says to pay slightly over 51 pounds to James Rice by the hand of Peter Colt for building and fitting the Row Galley "Whiting." Countersigned on verso by Isaac Beers saying he received the money for Rice. On verso, one of the dockets states that the payment was audited on 1 September 1777 by E. Plummer.
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