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Ledyard, Ebenezer Jr., 1760-1796 [Receipt of payment to John Williams]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.609.19 Author/Creator: Ledyard, Ebenezer Jr., 1760-1796 Place Written: Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 21 September 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Ledyard signs, certifying that the Connecticut Pay Table paid Williams for delivering an express by order of General Tyler (possibly John Tyler).

Ledyard, Ebenezer Jr., 1760-1796
Tyler, John, 1721-1804

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