Receipt for Grocery Items for United States Troops, Kingsbridge, NY, October 1776

Authors

Continental Army

Files

Description

This receipt is for flour and pork delivered to Washington's Army at Kingsbridge, NY temporarily renamed here as Congressbridge and is signed by James Richardson on behalf of Joseph Trumbull, the commissary general of the Continental Army. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

Publication Date

1776

Time Period

1770-1779

Subjects

Revolutionary War

Geographic Location

New York, NY

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_658_Groceryrecipt_1776a

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Todd A. Herring Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Todd A. Herring Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University