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[Agreement between Christopher Gore and William Hay]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06868 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 November 1796 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Signature, possibly of Christopher Gore, has been clipped. Also signed by William Hay and by John Trumbull as witness. Contract between the American Christopher Gore, living in London, and William Hay, a London gardener. Enumerates the terms of employment for Hay, as Gore's gardener: specifies that Hay will travel to the United States and work on Gore's land under the supervision of a William Payne.

Gore, Christopher, 1758-1827
Hay, William, fl. 1796
Payne, William, fl. 1796

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