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Colfin, P., fl. 1802 [Receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08796 Author/Creator: Colfin, P., fl. 1802 Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 17 March 1802 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.8 x 15.1 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Receipt of Henry Knox's claim on the Waldo patent.

Colfin, P., fl. 1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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