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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01412.64.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1780 |
Title | William Pelkin to John Lawrence, Esq. with instructions to pay Colonel Elysha Sheldon five hundred continental dollars |
Date | 13 December 1780 |
Author | Pelkin, William (fl. 1770-1780) |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Countersigned vertically by Samuel Wyllys. Instructions to pay Colonel Elysha Sheldon five hundred continental dollars out of the public treasury for the expense of an express to General Washington. Numbered 5737 on verso. Endorsed by Sheldon on the verso. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History President Finance |
People | Lawrence, John (1719-1802) Pelkin, William (fl. 1770-1780) Sheldon, Elisha (1740-1805) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
Theme | The American Revolution; The Presidency |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |