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Hill & Dorion, fl. 1861 [Bill of sale for seventeen bales of cotton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03619.02.01 Author/Creator: Hill & Dorion, fl. 1861 Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Document Date: 11 January 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed bill for cotton sold to Taber & Kimball for the account of Major John H. Bills. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee. Taber & Kimball, a cotton brokerage in Memphis, was owned by northerners.

Hill & Dorian, fl. 1861

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