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Braxton, Carter (1736-1797) Note of exchange re: payment of 112-pound debt to David Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.04 Author/Creator: Braxton, Carter (1736-1797) Place Written: Virginia; Boston Type: Document signed Date: 04 May 1767 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 11 x 21 cm Order a Copy

[Title continued] by William Palfrey of Boston. Docketed on recto by Palfrey in Boston. Docketed on verso by David Ross and James Anderson.

This is believed to be Carter Braxton (1736-1797), a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Virginia, 4 May 1767 Exchange for 112 [struck] twenty Days sight of this my Third Bill of
Exchange, my first and Second (of the same Tenour and Date not paid pay to David Ross
or Order, the Sum of One hundred & twelve pounds Sterling ( for Value in
Current Money, here received) at Time make Payment, and place it to Account of Money
Sir
To Mr. William Your humble Serv
Paffrey New in Boston Carter Braxton
Boston June 1 Accepted
W. Paffry

Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797
Ross, David, fl. 1767
Palfrey, William, fl. 1767
Anderson, James, fl. 1767

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