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Sullivan, John, 1740-1795 to Benjamin Stelle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.190.04 Author/Creator: Sullivan, John, 1740-1795 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Document signed Date: 9 November 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 22.7 cm Order a Copy

Written by Major General Sullivan to Steele as Paymaster General of the Army. Official note requesting payment of 100 dollars to Morris Gibbons for "bringing off" 3 British prisoners. Co-signed by Secretary Bryan Bruin and countersigned by Morris Gibbons that he received the money. Dated without a year as 9 November. The year 1778 is inferred because Sullivan was named commander of Rhode Island in early 1778 until March 1779.

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