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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.040 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Receipt for Captain Eliphalet Bulkeley |
| Date | 2 July 1776 |
| Author | Seymour, Thomas (1734-1829) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Military document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Co-signed by Oliver Ellsworth, a member of the Pay table Committee, that was responsible for paying the Revolutionary bills of Connecticut. Receipt requesting Lawrence to pay Captain Eliphalet Bulkeley, paymaster of a company, 50 pounds charged to the Colony of Connecticut. Autograph note, signed by Bulkely, says he received the payment on 2 July 1776. Autograph note, in Seymour's hand, signed by Bulkeley on verso, says he received the payment on 2 July 1776. Autograph document signed, by J. Treadwell, below docket says that the payment was audited on 1 September 1777. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Soldier's Pay Militia Finance Government and Civics |
| People | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Lawrence, John (1719-1802) Bulkeley, Eliphalet (1746-1816) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |