Manuscript DS, signed “W. Heath M.G.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.75, April 27, 1778. Pay order issued to Ebenezer Hancock, in part: "Pay Captain Benjamin Farnum of Coll. Tupper's Regiment One Hundred & forty Dollars to pay the Conl. Bounty to the within mentioned Seven Men—for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant." Signed at the conclusion by Major General Heath, and endorsed below by Captain Farnum, who had commanded the Andover Infantry at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The reverse bears a note signed by Farnum, listing the names of the seven men in the regiment. In fine condition.
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