Willcox, Joseph (fl. 1775-1787) [Receipt of payment]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03552 Author/Creator: Willcox, Joseph (fl. 1775-1787) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 May 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 16.2 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Receipt for $3,000. "Drawn by the Board of Treasury on Will Imlay Esqr receiver of Continental Taxes for the State of Connecticut in account of pay due to the Troops of the Quota of Connecticutt." The troops were raised to quell Shays's Rebellion.
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