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Gerrish, Jacob, 1739-1817 [Debt notice]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.229.02 Author/Creator: Gerrish, Jacob, 1739-1817 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 April 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs the members of Oliver Titcomb's regiment that, while staying in Gerrish's regiment's barracks they caused six pounds sixteen schillings damage, and General Heath has ordered him to remove this money from their pay. Addressed to "Gentleman Soldiers," all the men belonging to Titcomb's regiment.

Gerrish, Jacob, 1739-1817
Titcomb, Oliver, fl. 1776-1778
Heath, William, 1737-1814

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