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Palmer, Thomas, fl. 1694 to Laurence Read re: orders to pay Samuell Sewell and Maj. Penn Townsend

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00193 Author/Creator: Palmer, Thomas, fl. 1694 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1694/08/04 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 12.2 cm, Width: 23.9 cm Order a Copy

Read owed the sum of £110 to Sewall and Townsend, who have signed over the Bill to Stephen Van Cortland, who signed the bill over to Robert Livingston, who signed the bill over to Orville van Suiton.

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