Belcher, William (1731-1801) [Receipt for 300 pounds for Continental Army enlistment]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.194.02 Author/Creator: Belcher, William (1731-1801) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Printed document signed Date: 5 February 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Partially printed document signed by Captain Belcher indicating his receipt of the money "for the additional Encouragement granted...for raising a Company in the Battalion to be commanded by Jedediah Huntington Colonel."
Belcher, William (Conn). Captain Selden's Connecticut State Regiment, 20th June to 25th December, 1776; Captain 1st Connecticut, 1st January, 1777; resigned 3d January, 1778. (Died 1801.)
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