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A pay abstract of wages due to the guards stationed at Grum Hill, Noyes Hill, and Watch Hill under the command of Thomas Noyes by order of Coll [Colonel] Christopher Greene doing duty from the 31 of October to the 15 of December 1780

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02150.06 Author/Creator: Place Written: Rhode Island Type: Autograph document Date: 31 October - 15 December 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : 17 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Includes a short list of men, probably the commanders of the guardsmen owed wages, with numbers in columns next to their names.

Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819

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