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Frothingham, Benjamin, 1734-1809 [Money lending receipts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00265 Author/Creator: Frothingham, Benjamin, 1734-1809 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 3 April 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18.6 cm, Width: 11.6 cm Order a Copy

Two military receipt entries also signed by James Furnival for money borrowed from Henry Knox by Captain of Artillery Benjamin Frothingham and Lieutenant James Furnivall.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Frothingham, Benjamin, 1734-1809
Furnivall, James, fl. 1776-1777

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