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Sewall, Daniel, 1755-1842 [Diploma delivery receipt from the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04379.14 Author/Creator: Sewall, Daniel, 1755-1842 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 8 August 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

Indicates that Sewall received a diploma from Constant Freeman for Lieutenant Joseph Tucker, of York, Maine. Promises to deliver it to Tucker. Sewall worked as a lawyer in York, Maine.

Sewall, Daniel, 1755-1842

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