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Unknown Receipt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08510 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document Date: 21 December 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 9.8 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for women's black silk gloves from Henry Hamond "one of which for Mrs. Johannot."

Johannot, Mrs., fl. 1779
Hamond, Henry, fl. 1779

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