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Crowley, Florence, fl. 1783 [Certificate of approval for the conduct of John Popkin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02364 Author/Creator: Crowley, Florence, fl. 1783 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 23 June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy

States the subscribers approve of Lieutenant Colonel John Popkin's conduct in "leaving our state notes in Boston to be Exchang'd into Current Money..." Certifies the above statement as a copy, written three years prior on 4 August, at West Point. For related documents, see GLC02437.02139, .02219, .02220, .02226, .02235, .02236, .10082, .10112, and .10117.

Crowley, Florence, fl. 1783
Popkin, John, fl. 1771-1783

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