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Unknown [Bill of exchange]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08765 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Norfolk Type: Manuscript document Date: 22 March 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.3 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Bill of exchange to pay Martha Street $200. Noted as written at Norfolk, state unknown.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Street, Martha, fl. 1800

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