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Ligonier, John, 1680-1770 [Pay order for numerous soldiers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.556.02 Author/Creator: Ligonier, John, 1680-1770 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 April 1757 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Orders Gashry to pay the debts owed to various military personel. Also signed by Signed by W.B. Earle and Charles Frederick. Written from the Office of Ordnance.

Gashry, Francis, ?-1762
Ligonier, John, 1680-1770
Frederick, Charles, fl. 1757
Earle, W.B., fl. 1757

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