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Thead, Henry, fl. 1783 [Receipt for goods]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02366 Author/Creator: Thead, Henry, fl. 1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 7 August 1783 Pagination: 2 p. ; 7.5 x 27.9 cm. Order a Copy

Note of receipt of goods such as beef, gills and rum. On verso is another receipt for beef and rum for five men.

Thead, Henry, fl. 1783

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