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Greene, William, 1696-1758 [Receipt for branding iron]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.253 Author/Creator: Greene, William, 1696-1758 Place Written: Newport, Rhode Island Type: Document signed Date: 20 March 1748 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 12.3 cm Order a Copy

Patrick Chambers signs, acknowledging that payment was made "for making & Cutting a Branding Iron for Sealing Measures for the Colony of Rhode Island." Greene, Governor of Rhode Island, orders Thomas Richardson, Rhode Island Treasurer, to pay Edward Thurston (possibly the creator of the iron) three pounds from the General Treasury.

Greene, William, 1695-1758
Chambers, Patrick, fl. 1748
Richardson, Thomas, 1680-1761
Thurston, Edward, fl. 1748

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