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Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810 to Tobias Lear re: payment of loan [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.115 Author/Creator: Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1807/06/23 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Includes a note in English (possibly Lear's hand): "Sent--to the writer of this letter 15 Sequins -- 23 June 1807." Docketed on verso.

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