Thomas Wharton A.D.S., [Philadelphia?], September 27, 1776 : to John M. Nesbitt, Treasurer

Thomas Wharton A.D.S., [Philadelphia?], September 27, 1776 : to John M. Nesbitt, Treasurer

In the Council of Safety, Septem.r 27th 1776

[Philadelphia] 1776

1 item ; 9 x 21 cm.

MSS L1990.1.75

"Please to pay to Henry Huber fifty pounds on acco.t of powder made by him to be charged to his acco.t / by order of the Council [signed] Tho. Wharton ...|Henry Huber, Sr., was a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania militia, and he built a powder mill for the benefit of the government. It was one of four mills that had gone out of business by early March, 1777 -- Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, XXIV, p. 375.|On verso: 194/ Henry Huber L50|Watermark: L V G (Gravell. Foreign watermarks, no. 475)

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