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Cushing, Charles (fl. 1805) [Receipt for payment between George Storer and Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, and Henry Jackson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07984 Author/Creator: Cushing, Charles (fl. 1805) Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document signed Date: 18 November 1805 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.4 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed. Receipt acknowledging that Knox, Lincoln and Jackson paid George Storer the money they owed from a previous lawsuit. Signed by Charles Cushing, as Clerk. Note on verso signed by George Storer acknowledging receipt of the funds in full by 1 August 1806.

Cushing, Charles, fl. 1805
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Storer, George, fl. 1803-1806

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