Warrants for depreciation notes for service in the Continental Army, 1780-1783.

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Warrants for depreciation notes for service in the Continental Army, 1780-1783.

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Series consists of bundles of warrants, signed and approved by the Governor or Council, authorizing the state treasurer to pay Massachusetts soldiers the sum owed for depreciation of wages. Subseries 1: Warrants issued to Treasurer Henry Gardner from Feb. 1780 to Sept. 1782 are arranged by regiment and include accompanying signed orders from soldiers requesting depreciation pay, and certificates issued by the Committee to Settle with the Army establishing amount of payment. Orders were submitted by individual soldiers (or their surviving relatives), or by groups. If submitted in groups, certificates and warrants reflect the total combined payment. Occasionally, submissions include documents signed by the selectmen of a town confirming that the person requesting payment was the deceased soldier's heir, or, as spouse or slave owner, one entitled to the soldier's wages. Subseries 2: Warrants issued to Treasurer Thomas Ivers from Oct. 1782 to Mar.1783 are arranged numerically. Only certificates are attached to warrants in this group, with orders filed separately in: Massachusetts. Treasury Office. Orders from Massachusetts regiments, 1780-1782 ((M-Ar)985X), which is arranged by regiment, then grouped alphabetically by name, with corresponding warrant no. indicated. Series includes orders for the following regiments: Col. Greaton's 3rd Regiment, Col. Sheppard's 4th Regiment, Col. Putnam's 5th Regiment, Col. Michael Jackson's 8th Regiment, Col. Wesson's 9th Regiment, and Col. Crane's 3rd Artillery Regiment.

4.9 cubic ft. (14 doc. boxes)

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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