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O'Connor, Matthias (fl. 1787) [Bill for tuition]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03526 Author/Creator: O'Connor, Matthias (fl. 1787) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 18 April 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.4 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Bill for teaching services provided to Henry Knox's daughter, Lucy and a girl named Betsey, both at boarding school and at home. Docketed by Knox, "for teaching my daughter Lucy and Betsey to write." Date added later in pencil.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
O'Connor, Mathias, fl. 1787

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