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Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694 Receipt for £60

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00253 Author/Creator: Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1694/08/29 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 30.8 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Peter Mathews, acting as an agent for the colony of New Jersey, receives £60 from Robert Livingston to go "towards the Paying of the New Jersey Soldiers."

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