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Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1749-1877 Statement of bills paid by Cornelius Vanderbilt for steamboat Thistle at first cost

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05179 Author/Creator: Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1749-1877 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 10 May 1824 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 40.5 cm Order a Copy

Co-signed by William Gibbons. Lists bills Vanderbilt paid in April and May 1824, settled at $4617.88. Written on ledger paper.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877
Gibbons, William, fl. 1824

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