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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Receipt for goods received from the firm of Broome & Platt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03193 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Autograph document Date: 12 September 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 14.8 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Copy of GLC02437.03192. Unsigned, but identical to GLC02437.03192 and written in the same hand, that of Samuel Shaw.

Broome & Platt, fl. 1775-1787
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Broome, Samuel, 1735-1810
Platt, Jeremiah, fl. 1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Webber, James, fl. 1783-1797

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