BIB_ID
116241
Accession number
MA 552.15
Display Date
1776 July 26.
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Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 14.6 x 19.7 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Includes a signed note on the verso by M[eshech] Weare stating that the Committee has heard from Lieut. Gilman and "are of opinion that he ought without delay to pay the coat money he has received in behalf of any soldier to them respectively."
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Signed by Matthew Thornton, Chairman.
Includes a signed note on the verso by M[eshech] Weare stating that the Committee has heard from Lieut. Gilman and "are of opinion that he ought without delay to pay the coat money he has received in behalf of any soldier to them respectively."
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Signed by Matthew Thornton, Chairman.
Summary
Ordering Lieut. John Gilman to appear before the Committee of Safety on Aug. 7, 1776 to address complaints that he received coat money and did not disburse it to his soldiers.
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