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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04764.70 |
From Archive Folder | Burgoyne-Kingston collection: papers concerning Convention Army after Saratoga |
Title | Receipt for payment for escaping from the enemy and bringing two deserters |
Date | 30 March 1778 |
Author | Wilkins, Samuel (fl. 1778) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Receipt that says Wilkins received 4 pounds, 4 shillings from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kingston, a staff officer of General John Burgoyne, for escaping from the enemy and "bringing off two deserters." |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Battle Battle of Saratoga Convention Army Prisoner of War Finance Desertion |
People | Wilkins, Samuel (fl. 1778) |
Place written | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Theme | The American Revolution; Law; Banking & Economics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |