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Traffarn, Philip (fl. 1770-1782) [Bill for Doctor Aaron Lopez]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.517.04 Author/Creator: Traffarn, Philip (fl. 1770-1782) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: November 1770 Pagination: 1 p. ; docket ; 19 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Bill from Phillip Traffarn's ship "Benjamin" to Doctor Aaron Lopez for three pounds nineteen schillings nine pence.

Philip Traffarn was a Captain during the American Revolution.
Aaron Lopez was a Jewish Merchant who provided ships for the colonies during the American Revolution. He was the first president of Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the United States.

Traffarn, Philip, fl. 1770-1782
Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782

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