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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08311 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript note Date: 17 February 1773 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.6 x 23.6 cm. Order a Copy

Appears to be a bill for 50 yards of Irish linen and 8 yards of baize that Thomas Flucker bought from Joseph Palmer & Sons.

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Palmer, Joseph, 1716-1788

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