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Bocquet, Peter, fl. 1773-1793 [Receipt from Peter Brazleman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.222 Author/Creator: Bocquet, Peter, fl. 1773-1793 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 17 August 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document. Treasury Ofice receipt of 55 pounds, 13 pence for 2385 acres on seven tracts of land surveyed for Charles Simms, John Griffey, and David Hopkins.

Bocquet, Peter, fl. 1773-1793
Bragleman, Peter, fl. 1787
Hopkins, David, fl. 1784-1787
Simms, Charles, fl. 1787
Griffey, John, fl. 1787

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