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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09997 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1796 Pagination: 8 p. ; 33.4 x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy

Petition regarding the Waldo patent and the rights of Captain Thomas Flucker's children to a portion of the patent.

Flucker, Thomas, 1752-1784

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