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REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAYROLL

Document Signed. October 1778, 1 page, 12½" x 8". Payroll of Field & Staff & Non-Commissioned Staff in the Regiment Commanded by William S. Smith Lt. Col. For the Month of Oct. 1778. Signed by Jonathon Hastings, Capt. Commander. Names of the soldiers "William S. Smith, Lt. Col. Thomas Edwards Adt., Robert Williams, Paymaster, Abner Harmon, Sgt, Major, Ebenezer Freeman, 2nd Maj. Serg, John Scott, Major. Time of Service (the amount of Pay & Subsistence) for each is listed, Appears to be written from the fort at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, late Col. Lee's Regiment. LT. COL. WILLIAM STEPHENS SMITH (1755-1816) was the son-in-law of President John Adams, a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams and an Aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan in 1776. He was on the staff of General Lafayette in 1780 and 1781, and then transferred to the staff of General Washington. He was secretary of the Legation at London in 1784 and returned to America in 1788; he was appointed by President Washington to be United States Marshal for the district of New York in 1789, and later supervisor of revenue. Some toning, split at fold, else Fine. A Very Rare document.