Pool, Joshua, 1763-1781 [Josua Pool's request for wages owed for Revolutionary War service]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.224.01 Author/Creator: Pool, Joshua, 1763-1781 Place Written: Gloucester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 October 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 8 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy
Asked that his pay for service in a Massachusetts company be given to the bearer. On the verso is a receipt dated 15 October 1778 for eighteen pounds for Joshua Pools, drawn by the Select Men of Newburyport on the town treasurer and signed by his father (and also a veteran) Mark Pool.
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