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Wilson, James (1742-1798) [Receipt for salary as U. S. Supreme Court Justice]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00348 Author/Creator: Wilson, James (1742-1798) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 2 April 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 10 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Verifies receipt of $875 for a quarter term's salary ending on 31 March 1796. Received of Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of United States.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Wilson served as Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1798.

Wilson, James, 1742-1798
Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817

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