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1776 July 6 . Benjamin Mills and Benjamin Bonney ALS to Elisha Porter and Israel Chap[i]n. Chesterfield, [Massachusetts].
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Chesterfield's Committee of Safety "have had Gideon Bisbee before them and find him sensible of his Error in departing from his Duty under your Command."Bisbee is returning to his post, "& humbly implores the Pardon of his officers, appears penitent and Promises Reformation."Recommend that Bisbee be returned to his former standing without corporal punishment "(if consistent with Justice, Honor, & the good of the common cause).""To Colo. Elisha Porter, & Capt. Israel Chapen-- In the canady Expedition."
1776 July 9 . Nathaniel Ramsey LS to U.S. Continental Congress. Council of Safety.
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Reimbursement for money spent on militia, mentions payment of forty pounds to Col. Thomas Ewing.
1776 July 10 . New Hampshire Committee of Safety DS to Nicholas Gilman.
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Order to pay Major Jonathan Childs ninety pounds to purchase firearms.
1776 July 11 . New Hampshire Committee of Safety DS to Nicholas Gilman.
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Order to pay Timothy Walker one hundred and seventy one pounds as an additional bounty for soldiers he is "desired to muster."
1776 July 11 . New Hampshire Committee of Safety DS to Nicholas Gilman.
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Order to pay Colonel Joshua Wingate advance wages.
1776 July 13 James Wadsworth ALS to Philip B. Bradley; New York.
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Regarding creating an arrangement of the regiments in the Brigade.
1776 July 15 . Joseph Reed ALS to U.S. Continental Army. Commanding Officer of troops at Bergen; Head Quarters, New York.
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Discharging militia of New Jersey to New York.
1776 July 26 . William Atlee LS to Edward Hand; Lancaster, [Pennsylvania].
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Boys being sent to be trained as drummers and fifers. Plans on giving some money for their care on the way.
1776 July 27 . William Sharpe ALS to Cornelius Harnett; Salisbury, [North Carolina].
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Description of supplies and preparations for continuing war, including General [Griffith] Rutherford's plans to march two thousand men to the "Middle and Valley settlements" [Cherokee settlements in the western Carolinas]. Possible help from Virginians. Recounts violence in the area.