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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 [Receipt of two warrants]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03535 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 April 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Duplicate copy of GLC02437.03534. Receipt of two warrants from Henry Knox numbered 135 and 136 draw by the Board of Treasury respecting continental taxes for the state of Connecticut. Warrant No. 135 is related to the resolve of Congress dated 20 October 1786, concerning raising troops that were used to quell Shays' Rebellion.

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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