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Letter from Michael Hillegas to Richard Caswell
Hillegas, Michael, 1729-1804
April 02, 1777
Volume 11, Pages 440-441

MR. HILLEGAS TO GOV. CASWELL.
[From Executive Letter Book.]

Baltimore, April 2nd 1777.

Sir:—

I have the honor, pr favour of Capt. Timothy Folgier, of sending two hundred Certificates of 500 dollars each, amounting to one hundred thousand dollars, which Certificates you will please to

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deliver to the Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office in your State; requesting at the same time you will please to give T. Folgier duplicate receipts for his having delivered them to you, one of which he will transmit to me; & when you will deliver them to the Commissioners to do the same I should not thus be troublesome to you, if I knew who your Commissioner was, as I should send to him immediately.

I am, Sir, with much esteem & regard,
Your most obed't. serv't.,
ML. HILLEGAS.
His Excellency Rich. Caswell,
Gov'r. of N. Carolina.