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Morton, Nathaniel, fl. 1815 [Receipt for duty paid for a carriage]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.718.05 Author/Creator: Morton, Nathaniel, fl. 1815 Place Written: Easton, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 1815/01/16 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that Lemuel Dunbar paid the yearly duty of one dollar for a two wheeled Chaise carriage. Printed with blanks filled in by hand. Identifies Morton as the collector of revenue for th e 14th collection district of Massachusetts.

Morton, Nathaniel, fl. 1815
Dunbar, Lemuel, 1786-?

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