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Philadelphia, January 13, 1776.
GENTLEMEN: In order that General Schuyler may be properly informed what pay the officers and soldiers, who served in the expedition to Canada last year, have received from their respective Colonies, the Congress passed the enclosed resolve, which they have ordered me to transmit to you. An order of Congress, for raising a regiment in the western parts of our Province, for Canada, will be sent you by the President.
I am, gentlemen, your most humble servant,
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
To the Convention, or the Committee of Safety of New-Hampshire.
In Congress, January 8, 1776.
"Resolved, That the Governour of Connecticut, the General Assemblies of Massachusetts-Bay and New Hampshire, and the Convention of New-York, be written to forthwith, by the Delegates of the said Colonies, respectively, to furnish General Schuyler with the amount of money paid to any persons in the Army under his command, specifying the names of the persons to whom the money was paid by their order."
Letter from Josiah Bartlett to the New-Hampshire Committee of Safety
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