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Clark, Abraham (1726-1794) [Receipt for 100 pounds]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00367 Author/Creator: Clark, Abraham (1726-1794) Place Written: [New Jersey] Type: Autograph document signed Date: 11 June 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 17.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Joseph Ellis and Caleb Camp. Certifies that Clark received of John Dennis 100 pounds delivered by Caleb Camp for purchasing military stores. Paper has a watermark, "WORK & BE RICH." Tipped to a border.

Abraham Clark was a delegate to the second Continental Congress from New Jersey in 1776 and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794
Ellis, Joseph, fl. 1776
Camp, Caleb, 1732-1817

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