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Hopkins, Timothy, 1751-1816 [Document asserting Hopkins' promise to pay Bayes Manchester]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.444.02.08 Author/Creator: Hopkins, Timothy, 1751-1816 Place Written: Scituate, Rhode Island Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 June 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Hopkins, member of a Scituate committee organized to collect funds for the payment of soldiers, promises to pay Manchester.

Hopkins, Timothy, 1751-1816
Manchester, Bayes, 1720-1800

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