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Dana, William, 1745-1809 A Pay Abstract of Captain William Dana[']s Company in Coll. Henry Knox Regiment of Artillery for month of May 1776

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00321 Author/Creator: Dana, William, 1745-1809 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: May 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Gives number of people at each position in Dana's company and their pay. A note indicates that Lieutenant Joseph Savage, along with two men from his company, will have their pay deducted for April and May. The verso was used to make several brief mathematical calculations of indeterminate meaning.

Dana, William, 1745-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Savage, Joseph, 1756-1814

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