Holograph Pay Account of Captain David Latham of the Sloop Ranger (or Rainger). July 3, 1777
New London, Connecticut: July 3, 1777.
Price: $1,200.00
Unbound. Large laid paper leaf. 8.25" x 12". Old folds, near fine. An accounting of pay and expenses owed to Latham with note of his receipt of payment the same paid by [Captain] John Deshon. Lawrence's expenses included delivering cargo to Boston, awaiting orders in New London, and waiting ten days in Hartford for orders from the Governor. Four days before this document the Governor and Connecticut Council of Safety commissioned Latham to deliver salt to Boston.
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