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- GLC#
- GLC01450.400-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- November 12, 1787
- Author/Creator
- Haywood, Benjamin, fl. 1754-1806
- Title
- [Receipt book, 4th Massachusetts Regiment]
- Place Written
- Worcester, Massachussetts
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 55 p. : Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Bound in leather (possibly sheepskin) with metal clasp. Notes the payment of wages, and contains the names of officers and companies in the regiment. Includes receipts for the purchase and/or repair of breeches, shoes, coats, shirts, horses, and other items used for military service. One page is detached from the binding. Contains a loose treasurer's order citing an amount of "old Continental Money" inside the back cover. Book is most likely created in Worcester, Massachusetts, but this is not certain.
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