REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAY RECEIPT FROM GEORGIA.


TREUTLEN, JOHN ADAM. 1734-1782. Manuscript Document Signed ("John A. Treuntlen"), a pay receipt for a Captain Charles McCay, 2 pp recto and verso, 8vo (175 x 185 mm), "The Publick of Georgie," October 23, 1777, in the amount of £ 54.5, leaf creased and toned, some dampstaining at horizontal fold.PAY RECEIPT FOR CAPTAIN SIGNED BY FIRST POST-BRITISH GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. Captain McCay, to be found at the "Magazine in Ebenezer," is owed funds from the state of Georgia for goods brought up, and for the salaries of his crew. Treutlen authorizes the treasury to pay him; the chit is signed over on the reverse to a Lemuel Lanier, who also signs. Revolutionary War items from Georgia are rare.