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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Receipt from Robert Fenner for pay certificates for North Carolina troops in the Continental Army
Fenner, Robert, ca. 1755-1816
April 28, 1785
Volume 18, Page 730

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Received, Halifax, North Carolina, April 28th, 1785, of Ebenezer Jackson, Asst. Com'r Army Accts., one thousand three hundred & twelve final settlement certificates, signed by John Pierce, Esquire, Commissioner Army Accts., dated February last past, and numbered from 89,501 to 90,812 inclusive, amounting in the whole to fiftyfive thousand one hundred & fifty-three 14-90 Dollars, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per Annum from 1st day of January, 1783, it being in full for the pay of the non-commissioned officers and private Soldiers of the North Carolina line for the year 1782, all which certificates I do hereby promise to deliver to every individual owner, or lodge them where the Supreme Executive of the State of North Carolina shall direct.

55,153 14-90 Dollars.

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

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