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Sevier, John, 1745-1815 [Indictment of Samuel Tate for damning Continental money]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01422 Author/Creator: Sevier, John, 1745-1815 Place Written: Washington County, North Carolina Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: May 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Endorsed by Sevier on verso and signed by Edward Dunlap as the state's attorney on the front. North Carolina authorities bring charges against Tate for exclaiming "Damn this money it has ruined me and I will have none of it."

Sevier, John, 1745-1815
Dunlap, Edward, fl. 1780

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