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Receipt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08576 Author/Creator: Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document signed Date: April 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Freight receipt from Webber and Co. to Captain John Young. Noted on the bottom that the money for the account was received by James Swan of "Heny Jackson Esqr."

Webber, James, fl. 1783-1797
Swan, James, 1754-1830
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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