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 A receipt to “ye Wd [widow] Thankful Shearman [for] three Pounds as Subscription money to hier men into the Continantal Sarvice for three years for the town of Grafton.
Philemon Stacey / Perley Batcheller/ Joseph Warrin {committe}”
Manuscript Document.Philemon Stacey, Perley Batcheller & Joseph Warren [“Warrin”], Grafton, Massachusetts, April 28, 1777. 1 p.
Inventory# 20993.12 $750
Both Sgt. Philemon Stacey and Cpl. Perley Batcheller served in Captain Aaron Kimball’s Grafton Company, marching 36 miles in response to the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775 [Battle Road]. Sgt. Joseph Warren was in Captain Luke Drury’s Grafton Company that day. The names were all signed by one person, likely either one of the committee or the widow Shearman.
References:
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vols. I-XVII. Boston, 1896.
Pierce, Frederick Clifton. History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts… 1879.
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