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Peyster, Abraham de (ca. d. 1768) Paper presented to the Council to dispute William Smith's claims to authority

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04847 Author/Creator: Peyster, Abraham de (ca. d. 1768) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript Date: 1701/04/09 Pagination: 2p. + docket 35.7 x 23.4 Order a Copy

Abraham de Peyster, Samuel Staats, Robert Walters, & Thomas Weaver presented the paper to Council. The document is marked as a copy.

Peyster, Abraham de, ca. d. 1768
Staats, Samuel
Walters, Robert
Weaver, Thomas
Smith, William

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