Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800) [Military pay for Joseph Thomson]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.188.01 Author/Creator: Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800) Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 26 October 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12.5 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Says captain Joseph Thomson can draw upon the state of Connecticut for three hundred pounds for military wages. Ordered by the committee of Safety. Signed by Huntington as "Clerk P.T." Docket on verso dated 15 November 1776 in Hartford. States the contents has been recieved by Joseph Thomas, and signed by Robert Brown.
Benjamin Huntington was the Clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives, and served in the Continental Congress and in the United States House of Representatives.
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