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Dunham, Dan, fl. 1777 [Receipt for gun locks]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.074.02 Author/Creator: Dunham, Dan, fl. 1777 Place Written: Mansfield, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 7 January 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 6.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that Dunham received from and paid for two gun locks manufactured by Uriah Hanks last September. Hanks was a prominent gun maker from Connecticut.

Dunham, Dan, fl. 1777

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