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THBThree Revolutionary War Receipts from 1776
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About Auction
LiveSep 8, 2017 - Sep 9, 2017
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- Lot Description
Lot of 3 manuscript receipts for war supplies. First is from Portsmouth, January 24, 1776, 4.5 x 9.5 in., to the Treasurer of Rhode Island for the purchase of 7,500 bushels of salt (for 500 pounds). Signed Metcalf Bonler and George Irish.
Second dated March 16, 1776. n.p., approx. 4. x 6.5 in. Receipt of payments from Captain Jonathan Clark. Difficult to decipher.
Third is Boston, June 20, 1776, approx. 3.25 x 7.5 in. Orders to deliver to Captain Caleb Hopkins whatever small stoves he wants for the guard ship in Nantucket Road. Signed John Browne to Commissary Devens.
Condition
First is affixed to a larger sheet along the edges. Second has some ink burn from a strike-through, surface soil. Third scorched along left; surface soil.
Item is in good condition with some surface scratches.
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