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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04764.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Burgoyne-Kingston collection: papers concerning Convention Army after Saratoga |
| Title | Receipt for Elijah Grout and Robert Perry |
| Date | 23 June 1777 |
| Author | Sherwood, Justus (1747-1798) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Related to GLC04764.07. Record of Captain Justus Sherwood for the payment of four guineas to Elijah Grout and Robert Perry for their expedition to the Connecticut River and four guineas to Jeptha Hawley for his party to go to Albany. Sherwood says he received the order to pay the money from Major Robert Kingston. Note at the bottom says the eight guineas were paid. Note on verso shows that this was money given before their respective expeditions. The note provides directions from Kingston (he initialed the end of the note) on how to "make a smoke" if they come across other British troops on the other side of a river and how to approach them with their "Arms clubbed." |
| Subjects | Weaponry Codes and Signals Loyalist Revolutionary War Military History Canada Finance |
| People | Sherwood, Justus (1747-1798) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; 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 |