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Hopkins, Timothy, 1751-1816 [Document asserting Hopkins' promise to pay Samuel Knight]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.444.02.07 Author/Creator: Hopkins, Timothy, 1751-1816 Place Written: Scituate, Rhode Island Type: Autograph document signed Date: 6 June 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 8.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Hopkins, member of a Scituate committee organized to collect funds for the payment of soldiers, promises to pay Knight. A note dated 20 May 1779 on verso indicates the balance of interest. Also signed by Jonathan Hunn.

Hopkins, Timothy, 1751-1816
Hunn, Jonathan, fl. 1778
Knight, Samuel, fl. 1778

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