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Hopkins, R., fl. 1780 [Receipt for tea]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08696.03 Author/Creator: Hopkins, R., fl. 1780 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 1780/07/14 Pagination: 1 p : docket ; 7.5 x 19. Order a Copy

Attests to receipt of 179 pounds of tea by Greenbury Dorsey, possibly Greensbury Dorsey (d. 1807) of Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Notes that R. Hopkins was paid $6000.

Hopkins, R., fl. 1780
Dorsey, Greensbury, d. 1807

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