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Vanden Heydon, Dirk Promissory note

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00347 Author/Creator: Vanden Heydon, Dirk Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1696/11/18 Pagination: 2 p. 8.5 x 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Promissory note written by Dirk Vanden Heyden to pay Robert Livingston a sum of money by 15 March 1697.

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