Accounts and receipts for state notes issued by Silas Condict and Maskell Ewing for Revolutionary War contractors' and surplus certificates, ca. 1785-1796.

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Accounts and receipts for state notes issued by Silas Condict and Maskell Ewing for Revolutionary War contractors' and surplus certificates, ca. 1785-1796.

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Ledger documenting the exchange of surplus and contractors' certificates for Condict's and Ewing's notes, including vouchers received and notes issued, indexed by Revolutionary War service cards and slips as "Auditor's Accounts, Book D", containing names of contractors, quartermasters, and other officials gathering supplies for the Continental Army; account recording interest paid on Condict's and Ewing's notes (1787-1792); receipt booklets for the second through fourth years' interest paid on the notes; and one containing receipts for the second and fourth year interest paid (1795-1796), including receipts for interest payments on "depreciation notes" and "militia notes".

1 cubic ft.

New Jersey State Archives

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Ewing, Maskell, 1758-1825

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Maskell Ewing, Jr., the son of Mary Paget and Maskell Ewing, Sr., was born in Greenwich, New Jersey on January 30, 1758. He was appointed Clerk of the General Assembly in Trenton before he was twenty-one years old. Maskell, Jr. relocated to Trenton and stayed in the position of Clerk for the next twenty years. He also served as the Recorder of the City of Trenton from approximately 1799-1805 and, after moving to Philadelphia and then to Delaware County, Pennsylvania in 1805, he served as the Sta...

Mott, James, 1739-1808.

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New Jersey. Treasury Dept.

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In 1785 "An Act to Call in All Contractors and Surplus Certificates, to Issue State Notes to the Holders, and to Procure a More Accurate Estimate of the State Dept." (Acts of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, chap. 110, p. 224, 1975), appointed Silas Condict as commissioner to exchange new state notes, paying 6% interest annually for the various "contractors" certificates (notes issued by county contractors, commissioners, etc., in payment for military supplies purchased dur...

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...

Condict, Silas, 1766-1848

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United States. Army. Continental Army.

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