Receipt of pay for Pvt. Edward Carter
date: label: Date
content: 1781
name: label: Signed by
content: Edward Carter, American, 1741 - 1818
notes: label: Description
content: A receipt of pay for Revolutionary War soldier Edward Carter. Consisting of a printed form on a small square rag paper and completed by hand, this document certifies Carter’s receipt of payment for military services rendered and based out of the Town of Colchester. It is dated July 5, 1871 and signed by Edward Carter [X] at bottom right of the recto. The document reads: [Hartford, July 5th 1781 / RECEIVED, of Pay-Table-Committee, their Order / on the Treafurer, of this State, to fecure the Payment / of Twenty seven pounds thirteen farthings and ten pence / it being the Balance due to me, on the Firft Day of January 1780, as ftated by the Committees of the State and of the / Army.]. There are no markings on the reverse.
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content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Revolution, 1775-1783
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.46.10.2
objectType: label: Type
content: documents
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 15/16 × 6 7/8 in. (17.6 × 17.5 cm)