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[Account of work completed by Thomas Dawes for Admiral Graves]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09485 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: July 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Possibly refers to Admiral Samuel Graves. Graves pays Dawes for sweeping the chimney, laying a hearth, and other tasks.

Graves, Samuel, 1713-1787
Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809

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