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Diehl, Nicholas, Jr., fl. 1798 [Notice of attempt to collect payment from John Nicholson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05724.02 Author/Creator: Diehl, Nicholas, Jr., fl. 1798 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 17 March 1798 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.5 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Printed and manuscript document. Partially printed form on first page stating that Diehl, a Notary Public for Pennsylvania, at the request of James Warrington, went to collect payment of a promissory note of John Nicholson, but found the business closed. States that he left notice of this at the house of Robert Morris, the endorser of the note. The second page is a copy of a note dated 15 March 1795 signed by a secretary for Morris and Nicholson promising to pay $5000. Blind stamp of notary on front.

Diehl, Nicholas, Jr., fl. 1798
Nicholson, John, 1757-1800
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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