Holograph Revolutionary War Document Paying Abner Smith for Turpentine for the Captured Sloop Dolphin. 1778
SMITH, Jasper
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Quantity: 1From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Quantity: 1About this Item
Approximately 8.5" x 4". Laid paper. Old folds, near fine. A payment document giving Jasper Smith Two Pounds for five gallons of turpentine to pay the Connecticut state sloop *Dolphin*, a boat captured from the British in November of 1777 and sold to the state for 1000 Pounds. It was being refurbished in anticipation of a voyage to the West Indies. Receipt signed for by Jasper Smith. Docketed on the verso. Smith was the Master of the Connecticut sloop *Ranger* in 1777. Seller Inventory # 423408
Bibliographic Details
Title: Holograph Revolutionary War Document Paying ...
Publisher: Norwich, [Connecticut]
Publication Date: 1778
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Near Fine
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