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Philadelphia, July 6, 1776.
SIR: You are hereby required to pay to Captain William Kilsay, commanding a company of New Jersey Militia, one month' s pay, in the following proportions, the said Captain Kilsay to be accountable, agreeably to a resolve of Congress of this day, viz: To one Captain, two Lieutenants,
By order of Congress:
To Mr˙ Commissary and Paymaster Mease.
Letter from the President of Congress to James Mease
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one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, fifty-one Privates — to each of these gentlemen one month' s advance pay agreeable to the established pay.
JOHN HANCOCK, President.