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(CAPTURE OF A PRIVATEER)

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(CAPTURE OF A PRIVATEER)
Good content D.S., 1p. oblong 4to., [n.p.], Dec. 4, 1778, a receipt for a share of what was likely a salvaged British ship on the New Jersey shore. The document reads in large part "Received... of Col. Daniel Hendrickson Fifty Dollars in Part of the Money of my Shear[sic.] of the Love and Unity for which he is to Take out Seventy Five Dollars of my Money when the Shares are Divided..." Signed by one Josiah Halsted, a member of Hendrickson's 3rd. N.J. regiment. Vertical creases, otherwise very good condition.