Beal, Cato (fl. 1780) [Receipt of money paid]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00808 Author/Creator: Beal, Cato (fl. 1780) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 May 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.8 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy
Receipt of money paid for the services of a servant (likely a black servant) of General Henry Knox. Witnessed by Nabby Crocker and signed with Cato Beal's mark. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.
[Draft]
Boston 16 May 1780. Received of S.Shaw Two hundred Dollars in full for one months advance wages as a servant to Gen. Knox - and I hereby engage myself to go on to the Head Quarters of the Army with Mr. Shaw and serve in the family of Genl. Knox one year from the date here of at the aforesaid rate of 200 dollars per month -
X Cato Beal
his mark
Witness Nabby Crocker
Paid him - 50 dollars more
Paid him 150 - more
Paid him - 20 more
220 Dollars
[docket]
Money paid
Cato [illegible]
16 May 1780
[illegible]
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