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[Fragment of check]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04764.79 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1763-1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 9 cm, Width: 9.8 cm Order a Copy

Fragment of a check from what appears to be activity related to the Saratoga Campaign. Mentions "Please to Pay to" and then cuts off. Also mentions "Genl. Burgoyne" as well as somebody or something in Colonel Aldens Regiment. Partial tear down the middle, which appears to have been repaired previously.

Kingston, Robert M., fl. 1776-1779

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