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Heath, William, 1737-1814 to Ebenezer Hancock

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.005.03 Author/Creator: Heath, William, 1737-1814 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 7, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Letter countersigned by Seth Loring, Secretary. Heath writes to the Deputy Paymaster General of the Forces of the United States of America requesting payment of $200 for Captain Benjamin Wallcott of Colonel Thomas Marshall's Regiment for five months of pay beginning 6 July 1777. Letter accompanied by a certificate dated March 27, 1778 written by Marshall to Heath certifying that Wallcott was in his regiment since July 6, 1777. The two documents are attached by a wax seal. Heath was a major general in the Continental Army.

Heath, William, 1737-1814
Hancock, Ebenezer, 1741-1819
Loring, Seth, fl. 1766-1777
Marshall, Thomas, fl. 1776-1779
Wallcott, Benjamin, fl. 1777

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