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Unknown [List of goods sold from the estate of Patrick Pursell]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.13 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 20 July 1739 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy

Listing items from the estate of Patrick Pursell that were sold, value totalling twenty pounds. Also lists debt records owed to Pursell with blank amounts.

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