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Spillard, Abigail, fl. 1780-1783 Payment to William Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08540 Author/Creator: Spillard, Abigail, fl. 1780-1783 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 December 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 4.2 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Abigail Spillard instructs [Samuel Pitts] to pay William Knox £148.10. Name might not be "Pitts." Back of the document has bits of writing on it that indicates the document was cut from another one.

Spillard, Abigail, fl. 1780-1783
Pitts, Samuel, fl. 1780

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