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Unknown Memorandum of goods ordered from Hamburg per the Sloop Storke

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02797 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1751/06/12 Pagination: 1p. + docket 23.5 x 19.2 cm Order a Copy

The document orders Anthony Simpson to send linens back to New York on the Sloop Storke.

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