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Belcher, William, 1731-1801 [Receipt for 300 pounds for Continental Army enlistment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.194.02 Author/Creator: Belcher, William, 1731-1801 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Printed document signed Date: 5 February 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document signed by Captain Belcher indicating his receipt of the money "for the additional Encouragement granted...for raising a Company in the Battalion to be commanded by Jedediah Huntington Colonel."

Belcher, William, 1731-1801

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