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Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808 [Authorization for payment to General William Howe's forces in New York]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01468 Author/Creator: Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Document signed Date: 17 July 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 29 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Dating from the final months of British occupation of New York during the American Revolution. To Deputy Paymaster William Deane Poyntz. Countersigned by W. Morgan. Payment of 246 pounds, 19 shillings, and 4 pence sterling for the provisions of Howe's 23rd Regiment of Foot. Money to be paid to Paymaster Captain James Drury. Partly printed document, numbered 38.

Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester, 1724-1808

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