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Dodge, Isaac, fl. 1782 [Receipt for lost property during the American Revolution]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.218.06 Author/Creator: Dodge, Isaac, fl. 1782 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 29 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 6.5 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

Indicates the receipt of one pound, four shillings from Captain Ebenezer Hovey for two lost oars "when in the Service of the Town."

Jacobs, John, 1735-1817
Dodge, Isaac, fl. 1782

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