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Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820-1892 [Document regarding the estate of Hawaii's Dowager Queen Emma]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04730 Author/Creator: Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820-1892 Place Written: Honolulu, Hawaii Type: Autograph document signed Date: 13 May 1874 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Serving as the administrator for the estate of Dowager Queen Emma, Cartwright confirms a sum of money Frank Pratt owes the estate. Also records that H. A. Wactman owes Emma's estate $1000.

Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820-1892
Pratt, Frank S., fl. 1874
Rooke, Emma Naea, 1836-1885
Wactman, H. A., fl. 1874

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