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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.224.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1778 |
| Title | Joshua Pool's request for wages owed for Revolutionary War service |
| Date | 12 October 1778 |
| Author | Pool, Joshua (1763-1781) |
| Additional authors | Pool, Mark (1739-1815) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Asked that his pay for service in a Massachusetts company be given to the bearer. On the verso is a receipt dated 15 October 1778 for eighteen pounds for Joshua Pools, drawn by the Select Men of Newburyport on the town treasurer and signed by his father (and also a veteran) Mark Pool. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Soldier's Pay Finance Military History |
| People | Pool, Joshua (1763-1781) Pool, Mark (1739-1815) |
| Place written | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |