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Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803 [Receipt for payments from John Coffman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.516 Author/Creator: Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: March 1775 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Receipt for seven payments made by John Coffman, signed in different hands. Each payment under twenty pounds. One payment for beer, the rest unknown. Signed for by Patrick Moore, William Crispin, George Steiner, David Schafler & Sons, Henry Sumers, John Plass, Miles Hillborn, and Jonas Phillips. Dated March 2, 1775 - March 13, 1775.

Crispin, William, 1742-1797
Hillborn, Miles, 1738-1782
Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803
Steiner, George, 1740-1811
Moore, Patrick, fl. 1775
Schafler, David, fl. 1775
Plass, John, fl. 1775

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