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Poor, Amos (fl. 1779) [Recpeit for wages]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.228.03 Author/Creator: Poor, Amos (fl. 1779) Place Written: Amesbury, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 14 January 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 17 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Lieutenant Poor's receipt for the Continental and State wages paid to him and five other men in Captain Oliver Titcomb's company. Receipt says they were in Colonel Cogswell's regiment. The receipt totals 407 dollars.

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