Receipts and registers for interest paid on Revolutionary War militia indents, 1787-1796.

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Receipts and registers for interest paid on Revolutionary War militia indents, 1787-1796.

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Disbound volume (separated into "booklets") of receipts for interest payments on the militia indents, chiefly for first-year payments, but also some for the third year, containing voucher and certificate numbers, signature of the county commissioner, soldiers' names, and amounts of principal and interest; separate booklets (never bound) of receipts for fourth-year interest payments; and registers (3 v.) of the first through fourth year payments on the militia indents, partially duplicating information found in the other volumes.

2 cubic ft.

New Jersey State Archives

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New Jersey. Militia

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The Continental Congress called upon New Jersey in 1775 to form a militia to support Continental forces in New York. Early in 1776, the New Jersey Militia under Colonel Nathaniel Heard was ordered to take about 500 men to Long Island to disarm dissenting Loyalists. While encamped in New York City, Heard was promoted to brigadier general. His brigade, composed of sixteen companies of 160 officers and 1762 enlisted men, took part in Washington's evacuation of New York City on September 12, 1776, a...

New Jersey. Treasury Dept.

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New Jersey State Treasurer's Office, by law in 1787, was directed to make interest payments on the state-issued certificates (militia indents) given to the officers and soldiers of New Jersey Militia units during the Revolutionary War. The law appointed commissioners for each county to review militia payrolls, determine payments due, and issue payment notes (i.e., indents) which were to bear 6% interest annually until the principal was paid. From the description of Receipts and regis...