We the subscribers do hereby certify that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight in the month of March Capt. Nathaniel Galt was either appointed or requested to act as paymaster to the galleys and vessels ... built for the protection of the River Delaware ... , Philadelphia, Feby. 4, 1791

We the subscribers do hereby certify that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight in the month of March Capt. Nathaniel Galt was either appointed or requested to act as paymaster to the galleys and vessels ... built for the protection of the River Delaware ... , Philadelphia, Feby. 4, 1791

Certification of Nathaniel Galt as paymaster|Deposition

Philadelphia : 1791

[2] p. ; 32 cm. fol.

MSS 18

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Folder title: Certification of Nathaniel Galt as paymaster
On verso:Galt's acknowledgment of receipt of 5080 pounds, 17 shillings, 6 pence Continental currency; sworn before John [Donnadlson?], Reg. Gen. office, 24 June, 1791
Galt swears that funds for the months of Dec. 1777 to January 1778 received by him from William Bradford were all paid to officers and men of State Navy. Includes his certification that such payment was made.
For a brief history of the Pennsylvania State Navy, see Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. 1, pp. 228-238. ("1778 The State Navy wintered at stations along the river, the Navy Board keeping up its sessions at Trenton, Bordentown, and other convenient points." p. 236)
Bookplate: Presented by Major George Jeffers Stockly, Jan., 1945
In green buckram binding, but shelved in gray manuscript collection box.

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