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Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817 [Receipt from Commisioners of Indian Affairs to Barnard Gratz]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.503 Author/Creator: Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817 Place Written: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 24 October 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 16.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

A receipt for one hundred sixty pounds, twelve shillings owed to Gratz. Signed for by Thomas Walker, John Harvie, John Montgomery, and Jasper Yeates as the "Commissioners for Indian Affairs." The verso is signed by Gratz, as well as Joseph Simon, and dated 13 December 1776.

Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817
Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
Montgomery, John, 1722-1808
Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794
Harvie, John, 1742-1807
Simon, Joseph, 1710-1804

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