Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) [Pay order]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00864 Author/Creator: Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) Place Written: New York Type: Printed document signed Date: 18 December 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 9.3 x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy
Exchange rate noted as "18 Dollars at Five Livres Tournois Dollar," with an issue number of 2243. "At Thirty Days Sight of this Second Bill, First, Third and Fourth not paid, pay to Philp De Freest or Order, Eighteen Dollars, in Ninety Livres Tournois, for Interest due on Money borrowed by the United States. With note "Pay the Contents to Mr. William Knox on order. Philip De Freest" on the back. Countersigned by the Commissioner of the Loan-Office in New York, Abraham Yates, Jr.
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