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Knickerbocker, Jane, fl. 1865 [Receipt from Jane Knickerbocker to Nelson Rifenburgh]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08914.041 Author/Creator: Knickerbocker, Jane, fl. 1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 2 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.6 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Receipt from Jane Knickerbocker to Nelson Rifenburgh. It is worth $237.86 and represents interest on the estate of Mr. Jacob Rifenburgh.

Rifenburgh, Peter E., 1843-1863
Brooks, Louis, fl. 1862-1876

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