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Beal, Cato (fl. 1780) [Receipt of money paid]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00808 Author/Creator: Beal, Cato (fl. 1780) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 May 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.8 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt of money paid for the services of a servant (likely a black servant) of General Henry Knox. Witnessed by Nabby Crocker and signed with Cato Beal's mark. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.

Beal, Cato, fl. 1780
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Crocker, Nabby, fl. 1780

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