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Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807 [Receipt for drummers and fifers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.130 Author/Creator: Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807 Place Written: Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 31 August 1778 Pagination: 1 p. ; 8 x 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Orders David Rittenhouse to pay Captain William Duffield seven pounds, 19 shillings for obtaining drummers and fifers for his company. On reverse is a note signed by Duffield certifying that he received payment, 11 September 1778. Bayard signed as speaker.

Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Duffield, William, fl. 1778

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