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Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782 [Receipt for half dozen linen handkerchiefs]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.518.03 Author/Creator: Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: January 27, 1766 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 9 cm Order a Copy

Receipt acknowledging payment to Aaron Lopez of fifteen pounds ten schillings from Joseph Clarke for six linen handkerchiefs. Most likely written in Newport, Rhode Island, where both Lopez and Clarke conducted business.

Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782

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