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Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 Legal instrument re: debt case of John Schaffer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.22 Author/Creator: Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 19 June 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Shaffer, a merchant and owner of the schooner "Betsey," was indebted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 50 pounds.

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
Schaffer, John, fl. 1786

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