Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819 [Receipt for a tombstone for Knox's daughter Julia]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02932 Author/Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 9 January 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 10.6 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy
Knox orders William Neilson to pay on his behalf for a "marble tomb stone six feet in length and three feet wide for his Daughter Deceased." Signed by Dr. Samuel Adams. Adams also signs verso 16 June 1784 confirming receipt of payment for the tombstone. Neilson signs verso 30 January 1786 confirming receipt of the sum from Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.
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