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Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816 [Aaron White Jr.'s accounts with Samuel Johnston]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.013.03 Author/Creator: Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816 Place Written: Middletown, Connecticut Type: Manuscript signed Date: 29 March 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; + fragment Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 33 cm Order a Copy

Receipt related to the settlement and administration of the estate of Aaron White Jr. Lists costs for his funeral. This document was originally housed in Gideon Savage's wooden chest (GLC01450.013.02) with others decimalized in GLC01450.013. Accompanied by a note stating these are the papers of Gideon Savage relative to the settlement of the estate of Aaron White. White was Savage's father-in-law. Note states that White died in the West Indies 31 January 1782.

Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816
Savage, Gideon, 1751-1833
White, Aaron Jr., ?-1782

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