RC ; internal address: “To Michl. Hillegas & George Clymer Esqrs. Treasurers.” Endorsed by RTP on verso: Mrch. 9th. 1776

Recd. 267 Dollars by an Order favour Ebenr. Cowell Recd. 30 Dollars & paid Anthony Mosengeil by Order of Congress this day to make Sulphur as per his Rect.— June 28 1776.

Michael Hillegas (1729–1804), a Philadelphia merchant, was appointed one of two joint Continental Treasurers on July 29, 1775. When George Clymer resigned the following year to accept a seat in the Congress, Hillegas continued alone. On Sept. 6, 1777, Congress appointed him treasurer of the United States of America, a position he held until Sept. 11, 1789 ( DAB ).

George Clymer (1739–1813), a Philadelphia merchant, served with Michael Hillegas as one of the joint Continental Treasurers from July 29, 1775, to Aug. 6, 1776. He left that position to assume a seat as delegate from Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress and became a signer of the already approved Declaration of Independence. After the Revolution, he served in the First Federal Congress ( DAB ).

Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797) served in Virginia’s House of Burgesses before the Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and continued in Congress until June 1779 ( DAB ).