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Dickinson, John (1732-1808) Pay order addressed to David Rittenhouse for Sebastian Levan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04842.21 Author/Creator: Dickinson, John (1732-1808) Place Written: Philadelphia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1784/05/03 Pagination: 1 p. + docket + engraving 16.6 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

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