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Account sheet from ledger book [partially in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00176 Author/Creator: Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1689-1691 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.4 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

The first page discusses the sale of beaver pelts. The second page is a list of five people's accounts, all of whom were paid in cash by Brant Schuyler.

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