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Martin, Peter (fl. 1778) [Receipt acknowledging funds]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.64.04 Author/Creator: Martin, Peter (fl. 1778) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 12 March 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 18 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Co-signed by John Delka. Martin and Delka were exchanged prisoners returning to South Carolina. Document is a receipt acknowledging Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, had lent them sixty dollars for their trip home.

Martin, Peter, fl. 1788
Delka, John, fl. 1788
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

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