Lot 181
1778 Payment Receipt for British Troops Stationed in New York City. Partly-printed Document Signed "Will: Erskine Qrtr Ms. Genl," 6½" x 8", n.p. (New York), 30 Nov. 18=778. Fine; repaired small tear at top; mounting traces on verso; mounted at top to acid-free mat. A receipt for "115,417 Dollars and 28/56 Parts of a Dollar…Amounts to…Twenty six Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Pounds Fifteen shillings…begin 165 days Baggage Batt. and Forage money paid to the staff and army at New York in 1777 and 200 days in 1778 Pursuant to General Clints Warrent…." Brig. Gen. Erskine commanded a brigade at the Battle of Long Island and was Tyron's second in command during the Connecticut coast raid; he led troops during the Monmouth campaign during the winter of 1778 and 1779. A rare record of the British occupation of New York City and Long Island.
Estimated Value $350 - 450.
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