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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.005.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of items related to Colonel Thomas Marshall |
| Title | William Heath to Ebenezer Hancock requesting payment of $200 |
| Date | 7 April 1778 |
| Author | Heath, William (1737-1814) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Seth Loring, Secretary. Writes to the Deputy Paymaster General of the Forces of the United States of America requesting payment of $200 for Captain Benjamin Wallcott of Colonel Thomas Marshall's Regiment for five months of pay beginning 6 July 1777. Accompanied by a certificate dated 27 March 1778 written by Marshall to Heath certifying that Wallcott was in his regiment since 6 July 1777. The two documents are attached by a wax seal. Heath was a major general in the Continental Army. |
| Subjects | Military History Soldier's Pay Revolutionary War Continental Army |
| People | Heath, William (1737-1814) Hancock, Ebenezer (1741-1819) Loring, Seth (fl. 1777) Marshall, Thomas (fl. 1776-1779) Wallcott, Benjamin (fl. 1777) |
| Place written | Boston, 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 |