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[Lovett family receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.006.26 Author/Creator: Place Written: Beverly, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript Date: August 1806 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 18 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that the undersigned have received of William Leach and Elizabeth Lovett from the estate of John Lovett, a part of the prize from the privateer ship the Pilgrim, commanded by Hugh Hill. Manuscript is not signed. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. He served as the agent for the Pilgrim's prizes.

Lovett, John, 1743-1792
Lovett, Elizabeth, 1745-1825
Leach, William, fl. 1806

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