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Sherwood, Justus, 1747-1798 [Reciept for payment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04764.16 Author/Creator: Sherwood, Justus, 1747-1798 Place Written: Skenesboro, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 July 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6.7 cm, Width: 11.6 cm Order a Copy

Written in Skenesborough or Skenesboro, which is now Whitehall, New York. Reminds recipient that his last piece of correspondence mentioned his petition to Lieutenant General John Burgoyne for over 18 pounds sterling.

Kingston, Robert M., fl. 1776-1779

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