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Badlam, Stephen (1751-1815) Receipt for Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08569 Author/Creator: Badlam, Stephen (1751-1815) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 03 November 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15.8 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt of Henry Knox's account with Stephen Badlam. Notes that £3.6.0 was paid in full.

Badlam, Stephen, 1751-1815
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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