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- GLC#
- GLC01503
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- February 16, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Williams, William, 1731-1811
- Title
- [Document allocating funds for the construction of a naval galley]
- Place Written
- Connecticut
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 9 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Williams, a Lebanon, Connecticut city clerk and Selectman, reports that at a previous meeting, the Governor and Council of Safety of Connecticut voted that the Committee of Pay Tables should collect money to build a galley for use by the colony. States that the sum will be accounted for by Captain Jonathan Lester. Instructs that Lester draw his order on Constable Jabez Hough of Norwich. Lester signs on verso, stating "Please to pay or Discount the within to Jabez Hough." Hough also signs, underneath an order to the treasurer for the amount requested. Docketed 15 March [1776].
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