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- GLC#
- GLC01450.459.02-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 7 June 1776
- Author/Creator
- Moody, John, 1750-?
- Title
- [Receipt for the payment of John Moody]
- Place Written
- Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 18 cm, Width: 16.3 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Captain William Coombs and others on a Newburyport committee pay Moody for work completed in May and June 1776 related to the construction of a fort on Plum Island. Moody receives payment for such items as work with oxen (used to haul timber), bushels of corn, and hay for oxen. Moody attests that the sums listed have been paid in full. Docket states "Jn Moodys Bill part."
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