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Lot 323: 1776, Connecticut Payment Receipt

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Lot  323: 1776, Connecticut Payment Receipt
<b>American Revolution</b><hr><b>1776, Connecticut Payment for Salt-Peter for the Revolutionary War, Choice Very Fine.</b>
4.75” x 8.25,” an interesting handwritten receipt in the amount of Twenty-Nine pounds, Eighteen shillings & five pence money for purchase & premium on Eghty Six pounds wt. Salt-Peter (for making gunpowder). Docketed and endorsed on the back. In 1776, America was frantically scraping up supplies for its beleaguered Army in its war against the British and these war-dated documents are eagerly sought after.