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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 [Order to pay Lyddall Bowles $500 for "value received"]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02488 Author/Creator: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 July 1809 Pagination: 1 p. ; 12 x 19.5 cm. + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 20.6 x 11.5 + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 20.6 x 12 cm Order a Copy

Draft "No. 12" drawn on Bank of the United States. Signed note on verso by Bowles transfers the order to Thomas Leiper and a note signed by Leiper acknowledges the payment. Lewis died three months later. 1 full length and one bust engraving of Lewis included.

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Bowles, Lyddall, 1783-1835
Leiper, Thomas, fl. 1809

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