Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807 [Receipt for Captain Vine Elderkin]

GLC01450.241.02

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GLC#
GLC01450.241.02-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
April 15, 1777
Author/Creator
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
Title
[Receipt for Captain Vine Elderkin]
Place Written
Hartford, Connecticut
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 15 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-Table Committee. To Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence. Receipt says to pay Captain Elderkin over 83 pounds for the various expenses to treat the illnesses in his company in Colonel Mott's regiment. Note on verso says the money was received on 15 April 1777 and is signed by Nathaniel Webb. Docket says the payment was audited on 1 September 1777 by J. Treadwell. Related to GLC01450.240.

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