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Hunt, Robert M. (fl. 1868) Work contract. Re: sum of $2000 for work done "on two houses in West 49th St. N.Y. City for Mr. J.Q.A. Ward".

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.295 Author/Creator: Hunt, Robert M. (fl. 1868) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1868/11/05 Pagination: 1 p. + dock. 25 cm x 19.6 cm Order a Copy

2 cent orange stamp on bottom margin.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Pugsley, Robert, fl. 1868-1869
Hunt, Robert M., fl. 1868

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