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Foster, Caleb, 1760-? [Bounty receipt for Revolutionary War soldiers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.218.05 Author/Creator: Foster, Caleb, 1760-? Place Written: Ipswich, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 17 August 1779 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Indicates the receipt of twenty one pounds for Foster and Allen Perley enlisting "to go to Boston 'tll the first of October."

Jacobs, John, 1735-1817
Foster, Caleb, 1760-?

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