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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09908 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 29 March 1748 Pagination: 3 p. ; 30.8 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

A memo regarding the inventory conducted in 1748 on James Bowdoin's estate in Suffolk County, [Massachusetts]. The inventory includes "warehouse goods & the whole."

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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