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Hinman, Elisha, 1734-1807 to Dudley Saltonstall [Receipt for copper nails and blue cloth]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02500.06 Author/Creator: Hinman, Elisha, 1734-1807 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 26 May 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 17.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Signed twice by Captain Elisha Hinman, who served in the Continental Navy. Indicates that Captain Dudley Saltonstall was involved in the transaction. Guy Richards, (possibly a merchant in New London, Connecticut) signs on verso, acknowledging receipt of "the within Ten pounds Ten Shillings."

Hinman, Elisha, 1734-1807
Richards, Guy, 1747-1825
Saltonstall, Dudley, 1738-1796

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