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Groome, Francis, fl. 1784 [Promissory note to Richard Sharpe]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00634.03.09 Author/Creator: Groome, Francis, fl. 1784 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: December 17, 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 13 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Promissory note for Richard Sharpe, sent to Nathanael Greene. The note is from Mary Airey, but written and signed by Francis Groome. Sharpe signed on verso.

Sharpe, Richard, fl. 1784
Groome, Francis, fl. 1784
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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