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Council of Safety Receipt Book (Roll 689)

Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary Governments, Council of Safety Receipt Book, December 31, 1776-March 17, 1777., This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged chronologically by date of entry. A record of the items and payment requested, received and distributed by the Council of Safety from December 31, 1776-March 17, 1777. Each entry gives the date, name of the requisitioners and items ordered or received. Detailed entries list requisitions and deliveries of supplies, munitions, coffins, blankets and shoes, rations drawn for soldiers and some citizens, payment for jobs, private homes used for sick soldiers, and orders for money to sick soldiers, widows and the wives of soldiers. For more details, please see the published Guide to the microfilm of Pennsylvania’s revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives: https://archive.org/details/guidetoofrecords00penn/page/n3/mode/2up
A Collection of Power Library: Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library
APA citation style
(1776). Council of Safety Receipt Book (Roll 689). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A1872546
MLA citation style
Council Of Safety Receipt Book (Roll 689). no date. 1776.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
“Council Of Safety Receipt Book (Roll 689)”, Receipt Book, 1776-1777, 1776. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A1872546.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

[]Details

Title

Council of Safety Receipt Book (Roll 689)

Subject

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Committees of safety
Receipts

Description

Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary Governments, Council of Safety Receipt Book, December 31, 1776-March 17, 1777.

Department

Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Governments

Division

Council of Safety, 1776-1777

Date

1776-1777

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG27-689

Language

English

Relation

RG 27, Council of Safety, 1776-1777, Series 12, Receipt Book, 1776-1777

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Contact

Commercial use of this image requires permission and may be subject to a fee. Contact Pennsylvania State Archives at http://www.pastatearchives.com .

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania State Archives

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

Arranged chronologically by date of entry. A record of the items and payment requested, received and distributed by the Council of Safety from December 31, 1776-March 17, 1777. Each entry gives the date, name of the requisitioners and items ordered or received. Detailed entries list requisitions and deliveries of supplies, munitions, coffins, blankets and shoes, rations drawn for soldiers and some citizens, payment for jobs, private homes used for sick soldiers, and orders for money to sick soldiers, widows and the wives of soldiers. For more details, please see the published Guide to the microfilm of Pennsylvania’s revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives: https://archive.org/details/guidetoofrecords00penn/page/n3/mode/2up