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Waldo, Sam (fl. 1760) [Receipt for hiring a whale boat during the French and Indian War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.232.01 Author/Creator: Waldo, Sam (fl. 1760) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 February 1760 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Tallies various charges, including hiring the boat "to got to the Relief of St. Georges when attacked by the French and Indians."

Waldo, Sam, fl. 1760

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