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Greenleaf, Jonathan (1723-1807) [Receipt for Jonathan Greenleaf]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.460.01 Author/Creator: Greenleaf, Jonathan (1723-1807) Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 February 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 8 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for Jonathan Greenleaf from town of Newburyport, "for fourteen days travel and attendance at Congress at Cambridge." Verso signed by Greenleaf, stating payment was received.

Jonathan Greenleaf was the Massachusetts State Senator from Newburyport.

Greenleaf, Jonathan, 1723-1807

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