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Eldrige, Simon (fl. 1809) [Receipt for payment of wages]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09028.12 Author/Creator: Eldrige, Simon (fl. 1809) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 November 1809 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 8.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Received $7.60 for payment of "my Blak [sic] boy's wage..." Possibly Eldridge's African American slave or servant.

Eldridge, Simon, fl. 1809

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