Receipt for payment relating to services in the American war of Independence : Newport [R.I.] 1 Jan. 1781

Receipt for payment relating to services in the American war of Independence : Newport [R.I.] 1 Jan. 1781

Newport 1781

[1] item ; 15 x 21 cm.

MSS L2000F686

The recipient, whose signature is only partially legible, was paid 2,900 pounds at a rate of 300 pounds per month, not including 100 pounds reserved for the costs of his journey.
Ethis de Corny accompanied Lafayette to America in March 1780 to prepare for the departure of Rochambeau's army and returned to France in 1781.
Countersigned by Ethis de Corny as Provincial Commissioner of War. Digitized Image available, see URL

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