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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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General Kosciuszko departed Philadelphia on September 6 to visit Gen. White in New Brunswick, receiving a land warrant and notice of $18-20,000 in back pay for his Revolutionary War service as a colonel of engineers from 1776 to war's end; he accepted the payment due to circumstances and gifted the warrant to Welsh farmer Thomas.
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General Kosciuszko, we hear, has left the city, on a visit to Gen. White, of New Brunswick. Before he left town, we understand, a gentleman in office presented him with a land warrant, to which he was entitled by his services, and intimated there was a sum of money due to him, for his services in the cause of this country.
We also understand that the general signified, that whilst fortune smiled upon him at home, he had no intention of receiving any pecuniary reward from the United States, but that, in his present circumstances, he should not decline the acceptance of what appeared to be his due. We believe that, with principal and interest, his pay will not amount to less than 18 or 20,000 dollars, as the general entered into the service as a colonel of engineers, in October 1776, and remained till the end of the war.
The land warrant, we are told, the general presented to a Welsh farmer, of the name of Thomas, who was a passenger in the same ship, and of whom he had conceived a high opinion.
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Philadelphia
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Sept. 6
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general accepted approximately 18-20,000 dollars in back pay with principal and interest; presented land warrant to thomas.
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General Kosciuszko left Philadelphia to visit Gen. White in New Brunswick; before departure, received land warrant and notification of money due for services from October 1776 to end of war as colonel of engineers; accepted due to present circumstances despite prior intentions; gifted warrant to Welsh farmer Thomas from same ship.