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Peabodie, John, fl. 1749 [Receipt for funds].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.016b Author/Creator: Peabodie, John, fl. 1749 Place Written: Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 30 October 1749 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Also signed by Deborah Willbor (her mark). Receipt for Enos Gifford, executor, of twenty-five shillings left to Willbor by her father Christopher Gifford. Attested as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

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