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Tilghman, Edward, 1713-1786 [Contract for wheat]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02503.21 Author/Creator: Tilghman, Edward, 1713-1786 Place Written: Hartford Co., Maryland Type: Document signed Date: 1783/01/09 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26.5 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Andrew Wallace. Stipulates that Tilghman will deliver five hundred bushels of wheat to Wallace and outlines the details of the transaction.

Tilghman, Edward, 1713-1786
Wallace, Andrew, ?-1803

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