Bayard, John Bubenheim (1738-1807) [Receipt for drummers and fifers]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.130 Author/Creator: Bayard, John Bubenheim (1738-1807) Place Written: [Pennsylvania] Type: Document signed Date: 31 August 1778 Pagination: 1 p. ; 8 x 19.5 cm Order a Copy
Orders David Rittenhouse to pay Captain William Duffield seven pounds, 19 shillings for obtaining drummers and fifers for his company. On reverse is a note signed by Duffield certifying that he received payment, 11 September 1778. Bayard signed as speaker.
Bayard was the speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly 1777-78.
August the 31st. 1778
Pay to Captain William Duffield the sum of seven pounds nineteen shillings being expences for procuring Fugalmen Drumers and Fifers for his Company
John Bayard Speaker
To David Rittenhouse Esq.r SJ
£7. 19
[docket]
Sepr. 11.th 1778 Received
the Contents
William Duffield
59 £7.19
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