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Memoranda of expenses from N York to Boston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08323 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1773 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Lists all of the expenses incurred travelling from New York City to Boston. Items include shoes, rye, ferry fare, shoeing for horses, the amount spent at each stop (Fairfield, Seabrook, New London, etc) and others. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

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