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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.244.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 |
| Title | Claim for payment of seventy pounds from the Colony of Rhode Island for a ten day journey to Albany, New York |
| Date | 22 August 1757 |
| Author | Cornell, Benjamin (b. 1733) |
| Document Type | Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | Order to fulfill Captain Cornell's request signed by First Deputy Francis Brayton on 28 December 1757. A note on the verso singed by Cornell reads: "Tho. Richardson Please to pay the Contents of the within order." Richardson was the General Treasurer for the Colony of Rhode Island. |
| Subjects | French and Indian War Travel Finance Government and Civics Military History |
| People | Cornell, Benjamin (b. 1733) Brayton, Francis (fl. 1757) |
| Place written | Portsmouth, Rhode Island |
| Theme | French & Indian Wars; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Captain Cornell of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, was a member of the Council of War in 1757 and marched on the alarm of August 1757. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |