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Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825 [Inventory of Daniel Shays' creditors]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04296 Author/Creator: Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 23, 1803 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Signed by the witness to Shays' statement by Jonathan Danforth. Describes Shays as "of the city of New York an insolvent debtor." This most likely not the same Daniel Shays who fomented the Shays' Rebellion.

Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825

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