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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09887 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1790-1792 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 29.8 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Congress's resolution recommending several states provide payment for troops raised and for their services through 1780. Says the payment due date has expired and the states have not paid the notes. Further describes the terms which the payments were suppose to be made along with the hardships the troops have suffered and the sacrifices they have made.

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