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Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 [Provision return for the superintendant of the masons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02587 Author/Creator: Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 September 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23.6 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Request for extra rations for the superintendent of the Masons;. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on the verso from John Cheesman.

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801

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