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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Paid for Mrs. Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08586 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 2 July 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6.3 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Shaw notes that payment was made for purchases by Lucy Knox at the French milliner Mrs. Barre and at Luke Baker's store. Also noted that money was given to pay Mr. Sheppard's account. The total came to £3.1.4. Shaw mentions that Henry Jackson gave him the money.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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