Holograph Receipt for Straw for the use of the Barracks at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 1776

Price: $500.00

Unbound. Small holograph document. 4.25" x 2.75". Ink has eaten through the paper in two small places, else near fine. In full: "Recd. Perth Amboy 29 March 1776 of Francis Burke four Dollars for Two Load Straw for the Use of the Barracks. Timothy Bloomfield." Bloomfield ran out of room and wrote his last name over two lines: "Bloo" and above it "mfield." Bloomfield was a Perth Amboy patriot whose home was used as a meeting place for the Jersey Blues, a patriot group. He was twice nearly hung for repudiating the King, but was spared out of fear of reprisals. Perth Amboy was the seat of Colonial Governor (and Benjamin Franklin's son) William Franklin. He was arrested in January of 1776 when he was placed under house arrest until June, when he was held prisoner in Connecticut.

Item #415984

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Item #415984 Holograph Receipt for Straw for the use of the Barracks at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 1776. Timothy BLOOMFIELD.