Town of Newbury Port [Newburyport], Sept. 8, 1774 A.D.S. : to Joseph Marquand, [S.l.]

Town of Newbury Port [Newburyport], Sept. 8, 1774 A.D.S. : to Joseph Marquand, [S.l.]

Pay order

Newburyport [Mass.] 1774|1775

[1] leaf ; 10 x 16 cm.

MSS L1989.1.27.1

Order to pay 4 pounds 10 shillings for "bar lead @ 30/|Also: Rec.d the above in full by an order on Mr. Cutting Moody Treasurer for Mr. Joseph Marquand / Joseph Cutler|Docketed on verso: Jos/ Marquand, 1774|Marquand, of Newburyport, owned several privateers that served during the American Revolution|"During the Revolutionary war, the merchants of Newburyport ... fitted out privateers in large numbers to cruise against the enemies of the United States." -- John J. Currier. History of Newburyport, p. 5|Bar lead was also known as pig iron.

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