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Lane, John, fl. 1779 [Receipt for Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08466 Author/Creator: Lane, John, fl. 1779 Place Written: Pluckemin, New Jersey Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 February 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.2 cm, Width: 15.8 cm Order a Copy

Receipt that Henry Knox paid "four hundred pounds jersey currency in full for a Chariot." A note dated February 12, 1779 says that Samuel Shaw paid the debt to Jacob Lane, brother of John Lane.

Lane, John, fl. 1779
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Lane, Jacob, fl. 1779

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