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Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694 Receipt for £39

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00259 Author/Creator: Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1694/11/01 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Livingston paid Matthews £39 at the request of Colonial Governor Hamilton "for subsisting of the men [soldiers] Detatch from the Jerseys sent for there Majesty's Service to the frontiers of albany."

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