Vouchers for old treasury warrants, nos.1-23, 082, October 6, 1779- December 24, 1783.

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Vouchers for old treasury warrants, nos.1-23, 082, October 6, 1779- December 24, 1783.

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These records contain printed vouchers, signed by the state auditors, on which warrants were issued. They contain the amount of money paid into the treasury by an individual and the number of acres to which this sum entitled him. The basis for the allowance, whether by the act establishing the Land Office or by any one of several special acts under which land was available, is also recorded.

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