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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00790 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0021] June-December 1779 |
| Title | Certificate of John Tharp's enlistment |
| Date | 11 December 1779 |
| Author | Nichols, Noah (fl. 1779) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Nichols, Captain of Artillery Artificers, certifies that John Tharp, an artificer in his company, enlisted 27 November 1776, and "has never receved [sic] any gratuities from any state, nor bounties, excepting the Continental Bounty of Twenty Dollars, and the Hundred Dollars Bounty alowed by Congress to those Inlisted [sic] During the war." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Continental Army Artillery Immigration and Migration Military History Soldier's Pay Continental Congress Congress |
| People | Nichols, Noah (fl. 1779) Tharp, John (1751-1819) |
| Place written | Morristown, New Jersey |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |