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Pugsley, Robert To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for items installed in construction work on Ward's studio, including a skylight, ventillator, and damper box.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.297 Author/Creator: Pugsley, Robert Place Written: New York, New York Type: Document signed Date: 1869/05/20 Pagination: 1 p. + dock. 12 cm x 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Receipt made on stationary reading: "Hudson River Iron Works . . . Iron Railings, Bank Doors, Vaults, Shutters, Iron Roofs, Stairs and Sashes, Cemetery Railings, &c." 2 cent brown stamp on right side.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Pugsley, Robert

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