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Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792 [Note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08659 Author/Creator: Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 April -17 May 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 9.1 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Two parts. First note from Jean-Baptiste de la Roche requesting Henry Knox to pay Mr. Duplaine $16.77 for him. Dated New York 10 April 1792. The second note verifies that the previous note was the actual handwriting and signature of de la Roche, signed and dated by Louis Osmont, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 17 May 1792. Includes a signature from Duplaine on the verso.

Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792
Osmont, Louis, fl. 1792
Duplaine, fl. 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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