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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Receipt from Joseph Leech for the pay of guards
Leech, Joseph, 1720-1803
February 02, 1771
Volume 22, Page 425


New Bern, February 2d. 1771.

Received of his Excellency Governor Tryon twenty nine pounds four shillings proc. for the pay of the Prison and Patrole Guard of the 170 Private & 28 Sergeants from the 8th January to 2d February inclusive, including also their Subsistence.

170 Private at 2s. 8d
£22
13
4
28 Sergeants at 4s. 8d
6
10
8
£29
4
0
JOSEPH LEECH, Colo.