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Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792 [Receipt for goods and services purchased by the French Company of the Union]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05220 Author/Creator: Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 2 November 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 17.6 cm Order a Copy

Receipt for items purchased by Rosalie Josephe Bacler de Leval and Jean-Baptiste de la Roche on behalf of the French Company of the Union. Receipt confirms an agreement the company made on 27 August 1791 with William Duer in New York, and on 3 September 1791 with Henry Knox in Philadelphia; it lists goods and services purchased by the company on Henry Jackson's credit. The total amount of goods and services purchased was £188.2.2. Some of the items include planks, flints, washtubs, bread, and amounts due to various merchants.

Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, fl. 1790-1796

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