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Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814 [Customs authorization for John Jacobs and his sloop, the Sally]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.197.02 Author/Creator: Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814 Place Written: Salem, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 3 June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Partly printed. Hiller, Collector of Customs for Salem, authorizes Jacobs to take ballast and stores on board. Indicates that the Sally is bound for Saco (present-day Maine).

Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814
Jacobs, John, fl. 1778

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