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Ridgway, Samuel, fl. 1780 [Receipt for Samuel Ridgway]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.460.12 Author/Creator: Ridgway, Samuel, fl. 1780 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 August 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 6.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Receipt from William Rusell to Samuel Ridgway for repairing a drum. Signed by Ridgway stating he received payment.

Ridgway, Samuel, fl. 1780
Russel, William, fl. 1780

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