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Nixon, John, 1741-1815 to Benjamin Heywood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02499.16 Author/Creator: Nixon, John, 1741-1815 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 23 October 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs Heywood that he was chosen for a committee to settle payment for Massachusetts troops in arrears due to currency depreciation. Written at "Camp Pines Bridge"

Nixon, John, 1741-1815
Heywood, Benjamin, 1746-1816

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