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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.229.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1778 |
| Title | Debt notice |
| Date | 16 April 1778 |
| Author | Gerrish, Jacob (1739-1817) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Military document |
| Content Description | Informs the members of Oliver Titcomb's regiment that, while staying in Gerrish's regiment's barracks they caused six pounds sixteen schillings damage, and General Heath has ordered him to remove this money from their pay. Addressed to "Gentleman Soldiers," all the men belonging to Titcomb's regiment. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Soldier's Pay Finance |
| People | Gerrish, Jacob (1739-1817) Titcomb, Oliver (fl. 1776-1778) Heath, William (1737-1814) |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Jacob Gerrish was a colonel in the Massachusetts Militia. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Account of military supplies and soldiers that are discharged in Captain Oliver Titcomb's Company |