Lot 1159
Massachusetts Militia Documents. Eight documents from Capt. Edward Blake's Company (4th Mass. Militia), including a 1777 receipt from the quartermaster for 1623 cartridges, 12 camp kettles, and 180 flints; three requests to Capt. Blake, datelined Taunton, 1777, 1778, and 1783, to deliver their pay to someone else; 1781 bounty receipts for three men on one document for going to the alarm of Aug. 1780; a 1777 bounty receipt; a list of 21 men, dated July 17, 1780, with amounts after their names; and a July 29, 1780 note by Capt. Blake regarding the march from Taunton to Tiverton.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
Ex: Stuart Goldman Collection.
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