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Statement of the Claims of the Commonwealth of Virginia against the United States for Advances and Services on Account of the late War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07114.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Virginia Type: Manuscript document Date: 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 40.5 cm, Width: 32 cm Order a Copy

Lists expenses during the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1780 less a payment received from Congress in 1785. The total debt is $13,349,102. Accompanied by "Explanatory remarked on the Statement of the claims of Virginia" (see GLC07114.02).

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