James McLene document 1778 January 2

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James McLene document 1778 January 2

1778

Document, from Lancaster, to David Rittenhouse, state treasurer; pay to William Duffield in the whole fifty pounds, sixteen shillings and eight pence for 34 days service in the Assembly and for his mileage.

1 page : Document signed ; 19.5 x 15 cm

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11664007

Chicago History Museum

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McLene, James, 1730-1806

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James McLene (October 11, 1730 – March 18, 1806) was an American farmer and political leader from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780. Born in New London in the Colony of Pennsylvania, he moved to Antrim Township in Cumberland (now Franklin) County in 1754, and engaged in farming there. At the state level, McLene served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention in 1776 and again in 1789, a numbe...