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15 November 1802

Homer, Benjamin, fl. 1802

Printed document signed

Title: [Insurance policy for the passage of thirty-eight horses from Maine to Antigua]

Titled "policy of assurance." Partially printed. Contains the signatures of Homer and six other insurers and their corresponding sums at the bottom of the page. Insures passage of the horses aboard the schooner Harmon from St. George, Maine, to Antigua. Issued by Abraham Touro's office.

GLC02437.10347

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