BIB_ID
119754
Accession number
MA 556.26
Creator
Wisner, Henry, approximately 1720-1790.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 12.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Gerard Bancker Esqr / Treasurer of the State / of New York."
Docketed.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
Docketed.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
Summary
Requesting reimbursement for the purchase of saltpeter and sulphur to make gunpowder. The letter is followed by a signed note from "Robt. Benson" about receiving £800 from Gerard Bancker "in behalf of Henry Wisner" on Oct. 28, 1781.
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