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Sydenham, William Defense plea in the court at Albany

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04868 Author/Creator: Sydenham, William Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript signed Date: 1678/04/13 Pagination: 3p. + docket 31.3 x 19.8 Order a Copy

The defendant, William Sydenham, denies Johannes de Peyster's charge that he unlawfully sold and profited from de Peyster's beaver furs.

Peyster, Johannes de, 1666-1719
Sydenham, William

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