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Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779 Receipt for 6 pounds 10s from Thomas Hodgson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.18 Author/Creator: Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 15 November 1771 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

[Title continued] on account of Robert Howe. Docket on verso details various charges (e.g. 3 and a half gallons wine, 1 frying pan, etc) totalling 8 pounds 6 shillings 6 pence.

Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779
Howe, Robert, 1732-1786

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