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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Bond from Shaw and Randall]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05247 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 28 November 1791 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Docket identifies document as a copy. Date added later in pencil. Shaw, on behalf of himself and Thomas Randall, his business partner, declares that their firm is bound to George Bell's firm in Ostend, Flanders (he spells it "Ostende;" in present-day Belgium) for a particular sum of money. Outlines the terms of the financial transaction, which apparently involves the sale by Bell of Shaw's merchandise, including an assortment of teas. Signature witnessed by Joseph Bell and George Irving.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Bell, George, fl. 1791-1795
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811

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