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Borden, Joseph, 1719-1791 [Receipt for 70 pounds sent from the Provincial Congress for paying a detachment of militia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02503.02 Author/Creator: Borden, Joseph, 1719-1791 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1776/05/06 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Witnessed by the Committee of Safety. Note on verso indicates that the detachment was sent to Egg Harbor, New Jersey on 6 June 1776.

Borden, Joseph, 1719-1791

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