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Shaver, Elisebeth, fl. 1766 Account with Robert Livingston, Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03126 Author/Creator: Shaver, Elisebeth, fl. 1766 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1766/07/23-1767/10/20 Pagination: 1p. + docket 31.6 x 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Elisebeth Shaver made cradles, wove blankets and homespun articles, and also spun flax for stockings. Docket states that the account was entered in Robert, Jr.'s book on 25 March 1768.

Shaver, Elisebeth, fl. 1766

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