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Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694 Receipt for £40

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00274 Author/Creator: Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: December 31, 1694 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Two receipts signed by Mathews and disbursed by Livingston, the first dated 31 December 1694, and the second dated 29 January 1695 , for "the Subsistence of the men Detatched from the Jerseys."

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