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[Portage bill]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08805 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: February 25, 1803 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.2 cm, Width: 23.9 cm Order a Copy

Portage bill for John Hermon during his trip to the West Indies. Date previously inferred, written in pencil on the verso.

Hermon, John, fl. 1803

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