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Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) [Receipt for two warrants]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03534 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 April 1787 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32.3 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt of two warrants from Henry Knox numbered 135 and 136 draw by the Board of Treasury respecting continental taxes for the state of Connecticut. Warrant No. 135 is related to the resolve of Congress dated 20 October 1786, concerning raising troops that were used to quell Shays' Rebellion.

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

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