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Robinson, Joseph, fl. 1803 [Receipt to pay Captain Edward Kelleran]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07817 Author/Creator: Robinson, Joseph, fl. 1803 Place Written: Cushing, Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 August 1803 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 9.1 cm, Width: 17.9 cm Order a Copy

Receipt for payment to Captain Edward Kelleran (he spells it "Killeran") of two dollars and twenty-four cents, as a discharge related to taxes for the year 1801. Signed by Joseph Robinson, as Collector of Cushing, Maine, and by someone (name illegible) on behalf of Henry Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Robinson, Joseph, fl. 1803
Kelleran, Edward, 1777-?

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