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Ulmer, George, 1756-1825 [Receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06802 Author/Creator: Ulmer, George, 1756-1825 Place Written: Ducktrap, Maine Type: Autograph document signed Date: 23 August 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13.1 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Documents that he received from John Norton ninety dollars worth of a building material of some kind [illegible word; possibly "spar"], which amounts to one third of a contract Norton made with Henry Knox.

Norton, John, fl. 1796-1798
Ulmer, George, 1756-1825
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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