Receipt Book, 1776-1777

About This Collection

Images of 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.