Notification of Bounty Paid
Document 1798Hancock encloses receipts and a list of men who have been paid bounty.
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[Docketing on cover: e Hancocks / the Hancofs / Nov 2 16 / an. 3 14 75]
[Address panel, partially legible: undecipherable lines / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Esq. / [undecipherable]]
Annapolis [undecipherable] Nov: 4th 1790
Sir,
I have [undecipherable] authentick [undecipherable] to has been
and [undecipherable] time [undecipherable] in the present rank. I also
forward'd a list of the names of the men to whom
bounty has been paid —
I have the honor to be respectfully
your obedt
Jo: Hancock [undecipherable]
[Enclosure]
A list of the names of [undecipherable] to whom bounty
has been paid in the period end. November 4th
1790 —
Names | Bounty Paid
Thomas Widgin — $8.00
Bayne Smallwood — 8.0
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hancock encloses receipts and a list of men who have been paid bounty.
Date
11/04/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Kempsville
Document number
1798110470001
Page start
1
Note
Black and white copy is mostly illegible.
Notable persons
William Simmons
John Hancock Jr
recruits
Thomas Hidgin
Baynr Smallwood
Notable locations
Kempsville rendezvous
Kempsville
Trenton
Notable items
bounty
receipts


