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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09366.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Pay request, signed "X" by Samson Cuff, and signed by Justice of the Peace Henry Allyn.

[Draft Created by Crowdsourcing]
Gentlemen,
[Please] to pay the Bearer the Balance due to me for my service in the Continental Army -
- the 4th [Press] in the year 1781 -
To the [Controller] of Pay Table
Samson + Cuff
His Mark
Windsor, Jany. 17. 1784
I certify that Samson Cuff Executed the above Order in my preference
Henry Allyn Just' peac'

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