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Adams, John, 1735-1826 [Bill to Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08361 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: June 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 11.4 cm, Width: 17.1 cm Order a Copy

Bill for goods purchased by Knox. These items include salt, 6 china coffee cups, a china slop bowl, and a cream pot. The total cost was £10.7.0. Signed "Recd. the Above Jno. Adams." This document is not related to President John Adams.

Adams, John, fl. 1774-1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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