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Wells, Hiram C., fl. 1825-1900 Contract

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03131.15.097 Author/Creator: Wells, Hiram C., fl. 1825-1900 Place Written: Michigan Type: Document Date: 1885 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

One contract for payment from Hiram C. Wells to Jerome Beael dated 1889 for $17. The ink used is purple and very faded in parts of the document.

Wells, Hiram C., 1825-1899
Beael, Jerome, fl. 1889
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Finance
Banking
The Gilded Age

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