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Wood Joseph, fl. 1776 [Legal document for recovery of debt in East Florida Court of Common Pleas]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01411.03 Author/Creator: Wood Joseph, fl. 1776 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 25 June 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.3 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Legal document from the East Florida Court of Common Pleas. Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Signed by Joseph Wood who was swearing that John Williams, a "Practitioner in Physics," owes him the sum of "Ten pounds and upwards." Also signed by John Holmes in the docket that the document was filed with the court. Probably written in St. Augustine.

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