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[Certification that Robert Taylor is not married]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.076 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Gloucester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document Date: 23 April 1818 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

This document is a response to the claim that Robert Taylor is married and has abandoned his with and children, stating that neither is true to the best of the authors knowledge. On the back of the document there are notes about day work that appear unrelated to the certification.

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