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Baxter, John, 1746-1832 [Reciept for fine of Asa Hamant for refusing to serve]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.162.02 Author/Creator: Baxter, John, 1746-1832 Place Written: Medfield, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 May 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

States that Hamant has paid his ten dollar fine "for refusing to enter the continental service."

Baxter, John, 1746-1832
Hamant, Asa, 1729-1810

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