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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 [Importation certificate for the port of Marblehead, Massachusetts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00307.04 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: Marblehead, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 25 June 1804 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed document signed as collector and countersigned by J. Prentiss as Collector. Numbered 14976. Certifies that Thomas Meek imported one cask of wine.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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