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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 to John Lawrence

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01221.04 Author/Creator: Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: April 6, 1765 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

A note at the bottom of a bond of Catherine Evans tells John Lawrence that Galloway does not object to Lawrence "delivering up of yr above mentiond Bond." The letter is to John Lawrence granting bonds to carrier. Galloway, a delegate to Congress from Pennsylvania, publicly defended the Stamp Act in 1765 and became a Loyalist officer in 1776.

Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
Lawrence, John, fl. 1765
Evans, Catherine, fl. 1765

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