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Savage, Gideon, 1751-1833 [Account of estate of Aaron White Jr.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.013.14 Author/Creator: Savage, Gideon, 1751-1833 Place Written: Whitestown Type: Autograph document signed Date: April 1782 Pagination: 8 p. : (unfolded into 1 double sided sheet) Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Accounts related to the settlement and administration of the estate of Aaron White Jr. Possibly originally in an account book because page is folded into quarters and each quarter is written on and dated separately. This document originally housed in Gideon Savage's wooden chest (GLC01450.013.02) with others decimalized in GLC01450.013. These are the papers of Gideon Savage relative to the settlement of the estate of Aaron White Jr.. White was Savage's father-in-law. White died in the West Indies 31 January 1782.

Savage, Gideon, 1751-1833
White, Aaron Jr., ?-1782

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