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Baker, Samuel Invoice of sundry goods on board the Alexander bound for New York . . .

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01800 Author/Creator: Baker, Samuel Place Written: London, [England] Type: Manuscript document Date: 1727/03/21 Pagination: 1p. + docket 32.4 x 22.8 cm Order a Copy

. . . and consigned to Robert Livingston. The goods included velvet, shalloon, shroud, and buttons.

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