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Wallace, Richard (fl. 1777) [Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01411.07 Author/Creator: Wallace, Richard (fl. 1777) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 15 December 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.3 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document affirming the statement made under oath by Richard Wallace, Master of the ship "Ichard"(?). Wallace was claiming that all the papers from the captured brig "Hope" are in the possession of the court, except for one ledger which the Master of the "Hope" lost or mislaid. Probably written in St. Augustine.

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