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Fayerweather, Samuel, 1725-1781 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00111 Author/Creator: Fayerweather, Samuel, 1725-1781 Place Written: Narragansett, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Reverend Fayerweather pays the balance owed for a book purchase he made for Judge Peterson at the Dummer Academy.

Fayerweather, Samuel, 1725-1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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