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Unknown [Memorandum related to Pilgrim's prize]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.006.28 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Beverly, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript Date: 28 November 1806 Pagination: 2 p. + docket 32 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Certifies that the subscribers have received of Elizabeth Lovett and William Leach from the estate of John Lovett, their share of the prize money from the privateer ship, the Pilgrim on her first cruise with Hugh Hill as captain. Also mentions they have received a sum for the captors shares in the Dalton lands. Subscriber names are not included. John Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. He served as the agent for the Pilgrim's prizes.

Lovett, John, 1743-1792
Lovett, Elizabeth, 1745-1825
Leach, William, fl. 1806

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