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Ogilvie, Alexander, fl. 1788 [Receipt for a cask for Lucy Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03994 Author/Creator: Ogilvie, Alexander, fl. 1788 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 11 October 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Ogilvie notes receipt of a cask from Lucy Knox directed to Sarah Lyons Flucker in Antigua (refer to GLC02437.03991). The cask will be sent on the ship Hercules.

Ogilvie, Alexander, fl. 1788
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

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