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- GLC#
- GLC00883
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 30 July 1779
- Author/Creator
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
- Title
- [Pay order receipt for Jonathan Dana]
- Place Written
- Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Countersigned by Nathaniel Appleton, commissioner of the Continental Loan Office. Orders payment to Jonathan Dana of 18 dollars for interest on money borrowed by the United States. Marked as number 181. On verso there are two notes. One states pay the contents to Captain Simeon Samson, the other is signed by Simeon Samson and requests payment go to Captain Corbin Barr. Signed by Hopkinson as Treasurer of Loans and endorsed by Jonathan Dana on the verso.
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