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Unknown [Promissory note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01447.15 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1 November 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; 8 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Promises to pay $100 in six months to Thomas W. Doswell. Co-signed by James D. Canaday, Thomas Canaday, and [James] Robinson as security. Reverse features P.B. Jones's notes on the fulfillment of payment over time. Includes a stamp with the image of George Washington.

Jones family

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