Chasing a Deserter in 1776 Pay Order
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Chasing a Deserter in 1776 Pay Order
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Manuscript Document Signed, “Joel Willis”, 1 p., March 24, 1777, 7.5" x 3.5". Toning, folds, repairs to verso.
Pay Order stating that he has received money issued by Col. Persifer Frazer for “Accomadations for a party of men sent after a Deserter March 1776.”
Persifer Frazer (1736-1792) became a leading regional political figure resisting the growing British power in the colonies. During the American Revolutionary War, in early 1776, he was elected as the captain of Company A, Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion and later was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifth Pennsylvania Line, both under "Mad Anthony" Wayne. Frazer was captured at the Battle of Brandywine and held as a prisoner of war in the Walnut Street prison in Philadelphia until his parole. He was later appointed as a brigadier general in the Pennsylvania militia.
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