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Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave, Amos Seely, who was killed in the American Revolutionary War, 1783. 'Pay-table office, July 30th, 1783. Sir, Please to secure to Mr. Nathanial Seely Master and Owner of Amos Seely a Negro man deceased the Payment of seven pounds twelve shillings and two pence being the Balance found due to him for Service in the Continental Army, before the year 1780. Agreeable to Act of Assembly - and Charge the State. £....[signature] Committee. John Lawrence, Esq; Treasurer'.