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Somervill, Francis, fl. 1778 [Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01411.08 Author/Creator: Somervill, Francis, fl. 1778 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 10 August 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Somervill swearing that the accounts are just and true and that the 137 pounds, 13 shillings, 7 pence, and 3 farthings were lost by being taken on the schooner "William." Probably written in St. Augustine.

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