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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.202
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1776 
Title Artemas Ward to Ebenezer Hancock with orders to pay Thomas Urann, Director of the Carpenter, forty six pounds and ten shilling
Date 2 November 1776
Author Ward, Artemas (1727-1800)  
Recipient Hancock, Ebenezer  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Written by Major General Ward as commander of the Eastern Department (he was succeeded by Major General William Heath in March 1777) to Ebenezer Hancock as Deputy Paymaster General of U.S. forces. Order to pay Thomas Urann, Director of the Carpenter, forty six pounds and ten shilling, equal to 155 dollars, which was October's pay for him and the carpenters under him. On verso is breakdown of the pay for the carpenters. Urann made 6 pounds as foreman and the 9 "artificers" under him made 4 pounds 10 shillings each. Countersigned to by Thomas Urann that he received the money.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  Artisans  Soldier's Pay  Finance  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859