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Barber, Nathaniel, Jr., 1728-1787 to Samuel Shaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00879 Author/Creator: Barber, Nathaniel, Jr., 1728-1787 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 26, 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Lists the accounts of pay for Nathaniel Barber, John Adams, Samuel Lord and John Austin and asks Shaw to send a certificate so that they can "receive from this Common Wealth, the depreciation thereon."

Barber, Nathaniel, Jr. 1728-1787
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Adams, John, fl. 1774-1781
Lord, Samuel, fl. 1781
Austin, John, fl. 1781

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