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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.239.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
Title | Receipt for regimental pay |
Date | 11 February 1777 |
Author | Peters, Richard (1744-1828) |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Written by Peters as the Secretary for the Board of War. Receipt says to pay Thomas Hughes, regimental paymaster of the 7th Virginia Battalion, two months wages for the soldiers under his jurisdiction. Says he is to be accountable to the Pay Master General on joining the army, so Hughes might have just recently entered the army. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Soldier's Pay Finance |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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 |