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Harrison, John (fl. 1777) to Comfort Sands

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.619 Author/Creator: Harrison, John (fl. 1777) Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Sends Sands documents for his inspection regarding money owed to him.

Comfort Sands was auditor-general of New York. Also a member of the First Continental Congress, and director of the Bank of New York.

Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834
Harrison, John, fl. 1777

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