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Shephard, Ashur, fl. 1782 to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: request for payment

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03437 Author/Creator: Shephard, Ashur, fl. 1782 Place Written: Sharon, [?] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1782/05/08 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 14.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Shephard states that in December 1780 he supplied some of Robert, Jr.'s enslaved people with pork, and asks that Robert, Jr. pay him for this expense. Shephard acknowledges receipt of payment on p.2. Docketed on verso.

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