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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00875 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | Receipt for Brigadier General Joseph Spencer |
| Date | 6 May 1775 |
| Author | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) |
| Document Type | Military document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-table Committee. Co-signed with fellow members William Pitkin, Thomas Seymour, and Ezekiel Williams. To John Laurence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt is to pay Brigadier General Joseph Spencer 150 pounds, as he is paymaster of the First Company of the Second Regiment that is to be raised in Connecticut. Countersigned by Spencer on verso that he received the money. Marked that it was audited 13 May 1776. |
| Subjects | Recruitment Revolutionary War Military History Finance Soldier's Pay Government and Civics Militia |
| People | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Spencer, Joseph (fl.1775) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| 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 |