Receipts, 1777 August.

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Receipts, 1777 August.

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Receipts to Jonathan Trumbull, paymaster, for amounts totaling $26,147.00 - money used for pay of Colonial militia regiments. Given at Albany, N.Y.

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American Periodical Series I

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Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809

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