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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Document authorizing payment to Alexander Parker (c/s John Nicholson)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.11 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 18 June 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Franklin as President of the Pennsylvania Executive Council. Docket and receipt penned on verso, with latter signed by Stephen Duncan.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Duncan, Stephen, fl. 1786
Parker, Alexander, fl. 1786

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