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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.609.16 |
| From Archive Folder | Receipts of payment from the State of Connecticut |
| Title | Receipt of payment to Jesse Cook |
| Date | 1 March 1779 |
| Author | Wadsworth, James (1730-1816) |
| Additional authors | Cook, Jesse (1745-1790) Wadsworth, Fenn (1752-1785) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Cook signs at Hartford, Connecticut on 23 March 1779, confirming receipt of a sum paid by the State of Connecticut. Fenn Wadsworth signs on behalf of the Connecticut Pay Table Committee, acknowledging payment to Cook, and Cook's receipt of the sum. Wadsworth signs on verso on 1 March 1779, attesting that he employed Cook for transmission of an express to Governor Jonathan Trumbull 27 February 1779. Docketed 23 March 1779. |
| Subjects | Finance Military History Post Riders Revolutionary War Government and Civics |
| People | Cook, Jesse (1745-1790) Wadsworth, James (1730-1816) Wadsworth, Fenn (1752-1785) Trumbull, Jonathan (1710-1785) |
| Place written | Durham, 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 |