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Hart, John, 1708-1780 [Certification of attendance]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00659 Author/Creator: Hart, John, 1708-1780 Place Written: New Brunswick, New Jersey Type: Document signed Date: 18 April 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 17 cm, Width: 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that John Pope has attended the meeting of the New Jersey Committee of Safety in New Brunswick as a member. Authorizes payment of three pounds, 18 shillings for 13 days. Note on verso signed by Pope certifies he received payment. Examined and allowed by Jesse Hand and Silas Condict.

Hart, John, 1708-1780
Condict, Silas, 1738-1801
Pope, John, fl. 1776
Hand, Jesse, fl. 1776

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