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Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) [Receipt for goods received from the firm of Broome & Platt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03192 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 September 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.9 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Duplicate of GLC02437.03193, in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Receipt of "sundry goods" received from the firm of Broome & Platt, "charged at their lowest cash price, amounting to seven hundred and ten pounds four shillings, sterling money of Great Britain" in response to a debt between that firm and the firm of Webber, Addington and Birhnall of London. Outlines the details of their arrangement. Signs on behalf of Henry Knox and himself.

Broome & Platt, fl. 1775-1787
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Broome, Samuel, 1735-1810
Platt, Jeremiah, fl. 1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Webber, James, fl. 1785

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