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Subject: Revolutionary War Pensions

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Promissory Note to David Rittenhouse for Interest on Depreciation Certificate, 1785Promissory Note to David Rittenhouse for Interest on Depreciation Certificate, 1785

Printed promissory note, signed, paying David Rittenhouse interest on a depreciation certificate. The note is dated November 5, 1785, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was issued by the Pennsylvania Council and countersigned by Charles Biddle and Jonathan Nicholson. The verso is signed by Nathan Levy, a private in the 6th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, for whom the payment was made. The note records a payment of 3 pounds, 17 shillings for one year's interest.