Oliver Ellsworth A.D.S., Hartferd [sic], July 15, 1776 : to Jno. Lawrence Esq.r Treas.r

Oliver Ellsworth A.D.S., Hartferd [sic], July 15, 1776 : to Jno. Lawrence Esq.r Treas.r

Pay order

Hartford [Conn.] 1776

[2] p. ; 17 cm.

MSS L1988.190.329

"Pay Cap. Robert Niles four hundred & seventy seven pounds six shillings & nine pence for ballance of his account against the schooner Spry on the 8th of June last & also two hundred pounds more for the schooners use from that time forward .... and charge the colony ....|Docketed on verso: No. 5180 / Order / Cap.t Rob.t Niles ... Credited Sept 1 1777 / E. Plummer|Also on verso: Receipt signed Tim.y Parker; Timothy Parker was "commissioned first lieutenant of the colony schooner Spy, which sailed on her first voyage in January, 1776 under Captain Robert Niles to assist in the project of the occupation of New York City ...." .-- John A. McManemin. Captains of the State Navies during the Revolutionary War ... p. 15

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