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Reid, James (fl. 1739) [Attesting to a debt owed by the Pursell estate]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.14 Author/Creator: Reid, James (fl. 1739) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 19 July 1739 Pagination: 1 p. ; 10.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Attesting that Joseph Small is owed ten schillings by the estate of Patrick Pursell.

Reid, James, fl. 1739

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