William Moseley D.S., [Pay Table Office, Hartford], Jan. 23, 1778 : to Joseph Matson, [s.l.]

William Moseley D.S., [Pay Table Office, Hartford], Jan. 23, 1778 : to Joseph Matson, [s.l.]

Joseph Matson Receipt and certificates|State of Connecticut to Joseph Matson

[Hartford, Conn.] 1778

[2] p. ; 33 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1988.190.278

Certified copy of documents relating to half pay for Matson.|At head of title; Dr. State of Connecticut to Joseph Matson who lost part of his leg in the Battle at Beamans [sic] Heights on the 19th of September 1777 in Col. Thadeus Cook's Reg.t Northern Army ...."|Another record reads: I certify that Joseph Matson a soldier in Col. Cook's Reg.t and Capt. Goodrich's Company lost his foot in the action near Beamen's Heights on the 19th of Sep.r lat ... and is justly entitled to the pension order'd ... Dated at the Gen.l Hosp.l Albany, Oct. 2d 1777."|Final document: I certify that the account, receipt & certificates above of Joseph Matson are truly copied from the originals lodg'd on file in this Office Jany 23 1778 [signed] William Moseley Com.tee|Docketed on verso: Joseph Matson / half pay wound.d / Northern Army / L2.17.4 / Jan.y 23 1788 / Copy|Watermark: D & C BLAUW, the firm of Dirk and Cornelis Blauw, a partnership dating between 1750 and well into the 1800's -- cf. Gravell. Foreign watermarks, p. 221. That pictured in figure 106 differs in location of chain lines.

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