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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Receipt from Robert Fenner for pay certificates for North Carolina officers in the Continental Army
Fenner, Robert, ca. 1755-1816
April 28, 1785
Volume 18, Pages 728-729

Received, Halifax, North Carolina, April 28, 1785, of Ebenezer Jackson, Asst. Com'r of Army Accts., one hundred and eighteen final settlement certificates, signed by John Pierce, Esquire, dated the first day of February last and numbered from 91,572 to 91,606 inclusive, & from 91,856 to 91,938 inclusive, amounting in the whole to thirty-three thousand and eight hundred and forty-four

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11-90 Dollars; from No. 91,572 to 91,900 bears interest at 6 per cent. from 1st January, 1783, & from 91,865 to 91,938 bearing interest at 6 per cent. from January, 1783, it being in full for balance of pay for the Commissioned Officers of the North Carolina Line for the years 1782 & 1783 up to the 15th November; all which certificates I do hereby promise to deliver to the respective Individuals, or lodge them where the Supreme Executive of the State of North Carolina shall direct.

33,844.11 Dollars.

ROBERT FENNER,
Agent late North Carolina line.
Witness:
John Daves.

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