Payne, Benjamin, 1728-1782 to the Respective Committees of Inspection of the Several Towns on the Road Between Hartford and Cambridge
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00250 Author/Creator: Payne, Benjamin, 1728-1782 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 February 1776 Pagination: 1p.+addr.+docket. 33.2 cm. x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy
Also signed by Samuel Wadsworth and George Smith, all on behalf of the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Hartford. Indicates that the bearer of this letter will have two brass artillery pieces to be delivered to George Washington in Cambridge, for the use of the Continental Army. Requests a receipt and asks that care be taken to avoid damage to the cannons and harnesses.
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