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- GLC#
- GLC01450.725-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1764-1777
- Author/Creator
- Pico, Joshua, fl. 1760-1790
- Title
- [Receipt book with forged signatures]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 287 p. : Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 15.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
Includes forged signatures of John Adams and John Hancock pasted onto the inside of the front board. Some receipts included are written to Treat & Pico, others to Joshua Pico. Items/services bought and sold include oil, rent of property, schooling of children, molasses, codfish, and hog staves, among various others. Most receipts are written in Boston. Contains various signatures of persons conducting business with Pico.
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