Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Printed pay order addressed to David Rittenhouse for Lewis Farmer (soldier)
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04842.22 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 1785/12/03 Pagination: 1 p. + engraving 15.7 x 19.7 cm Order a Copy
Partly printed document directing payment to Farmer, "state Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line ... the sum of two shillings eight pence, being one year's interest on his depreciation certificate...."
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