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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
List of state quotas of troops and money for the war
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Volume 15, Page 660

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THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE QUOTAS OF THE SEVERAL STATES AS SETTLED & APPOINTED BY CONGRESS FROM 29 JULY 1779 TO NOV. 2d, 1781.

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States of 29 July 1775. 3,000,000 Dollars. A 16 Sept, 1776. 88 Btlns. Nov. 22d, 1777. 5,000,000 Feby. 26, 1778 79 Btlns. Jany. 5th, 1779 15,000,000 Oct. 7th, 1779 15,000,000 March 18th, 1780 195,000,000. Feby. 9th, 1780. 35211 Men. Jany. 15th. 1781. 849,342 March 23d, 1781 6,000,000 Nov. 2d, 1781 8,000,000
B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C
N. Hampshire 149 069½. 41 3. 34 200,000. 40 3. 38 500,000. 33 400,000. 27 5,200,000. 27 1,215. 35 51,726. 59 184,323. 31 373,598. 47
Massachusetts 434,244. 145 15 177 820,000.164 15.190 2,000,000.133 2,300,000.153 29,900,000.153 6,070.172 284,493.328 1,052,863,175 1,307,596.163
Rhode Island 71,959½. 24 2. 23 100,000 20 1. 13 300,000. 20 200,000. 13 2,600,000. 13 810. 23 25,863. 29 116,583. 19 216,684. 27
Connecticut 248,139. 83 8. 91 600,000.120 8.101 1,700,000.113 1,700.000.113 22,100,000.113 3,238. 92 125,178.176 783,377.133 747,196. 93
New York 248,139. 83 4. 45 200,000. 40 5. 63 800,000. 53 750,000. 51 9,750,000. 51 1,620. 46 77,598. 86 172,803. 29 373,598. 47
New Jersey 161,290½. 54 4. 45 270,000. 54 4. 50 800,000, 53 900,000. 60 11,700,000 60 1,620. 46 51,727. 59 414,728. 69 485,679. 61
Pennsylvania 372,208½.124 12.136 620,000.124 10.127 1,900,000.127 2,300,000.153 29,900,000.153 4,855.138 232,757.263 1,059,863.177 1,120,794.141
Delaware 37,219½. 12 1. 11 60,000. 12 1. 13 150,000. 10 170,000. 11 2,210,000 11 405. 12 97,921. 16 112,085. 14
Maryland 310,174½.103 8. 91 520,000.104 8.101 1,560,000 104 1,158,000.105 20,540,000.105 3,238. 92 728,107.120
Virginia 496,278.165 15.177 800,000.160 15.190 2,400,000.160 2,500,000.167 32,500,000.167 6,070.172 1,552,026.192 1,307,594.163
N. Carolina 248,139. 83 9.102 250,000. 50 9.114 1,090,000. 73 1,000,000. 67 13,000,000. 67 3,640.103 230,404. 38 622,677. 77
S. Carolina 248,139. 83 6. 68 500,000.100 1,800,000.120 1,200,000. 79 15,600,000. 79 2,430. 69 373,598. 47
Georgia 1. 13 60,000. 12 24,905. 3

A. Date of the requisition and the amount.

B. Quota of the respective States.

C. Parts of 1000

N. B. The Quota of North Carolina for 1783 is 74 parts of 1000.