(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1777) Webster Noah Receipt for guns is

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Webster, Noah. Receipt for guns issued to his militia company en route to the front. Document Signed, 3 3/4 x 8 inches, with docketing on verso; one fold, minimal wear. Hartford, CT, 9 August 1777

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This receipt was signed by Captain Noah Webster (1722-1813), father of the famous lexicographer. He served as a captain in the Connecticut militia in 1777 and 1778. The receipt reads "Rec'd of Select Men of Hartford, three guns & 2 boxes for my company now ordered to the Peekskill."