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Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) Receipts for warrants to the amount of 3000 dollars

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03505 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 31 March 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.8 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Two (duplicate) notes of receipt of three warrants for $1000 each on William Imlay from Major General Henry Knox for Continental taxes for the state of Connecticut. Warrants numbered 115, 116, and 117. These warrants were related to raising troops that were used to quell Shays' Rebellion. Title from docket.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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