ALS : Hermitage, near Trenton, N.J., to William Churchill Houston and James Mott, Princeton, 1778 July 29.

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ALS : Hermitage, near Trenton, N.J., to William Churchill Houston and James Mott, Princeton, 1778 July 29.

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Explains that all orders issued by him on the Treasury before 21 August 1776 were based on orders from the Council of Safety, and paid to militia officers whose regiments needed money before they could march. Dickinson himself never received any public money except his pay.

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