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Crafts, Thomas, 1740-1799 [Bill for lace]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08398 Author/Creator: Crafts, Thomas, 1740-1799 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: February 17, 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

General Henry Knox bought 16 yards of gold lace from Colonel Thomas Crafts. Knox paid £16. Crafts signed the bill stating he "Recd the Contents."

Crafts, Thomas, 1740-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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