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Duer, William (1747-1799) [Answers to Madame de Leval]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08247 Author/Creator: Duer, William (1747-1799) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1789-1796 Pagination: 3 p. ; 32.1 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Lists questions that Madame de Leval has posed on the left side of the paper and William Duer's answers next to the respective questions. Discusses mainly contracts and payments.

Duer, William, 1747-1799
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, fl. 1790-1796

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