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Phelps, Jesse [Receipt of payment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09366.03 Author/Creator: Phelps, Jesse Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 22 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

Receipt of payment of eighteen pounds and ten shillings to Samson Cuff, signed by Jesse Phelps.

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