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Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800 [Military pay for Joseph Thomson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.188.01 Author/Creator: Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 26 October 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Says captain Joseph Thomson can draw upon the state of Connecticut for three hundred pounds for military wages. Ordered by the committee of Safety. Signed by Huntington as "Clerk P.T." Docket on verso dated 15 November 1776 in Hartford. States the contents has been recieved by Joseph Thomas, and signed by Robert Brown.

Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800

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