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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08348 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 21 June 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.2 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Receipt stating that Henry Knox bought a bit more than 32 yards of white calico from John Greenlaw.

Greenlaw, John, fl. 1774
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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