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Adams, John (fl. 1774) [Bill to Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08361 Author/Creator: Adams, John (fl. 1774) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: June 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 11.4 x 17.1 cm. Order a Copy

Bill for goods purchased by Knox. These items include salt, 6 china coffee cups, a china slop bowl, and a cream pot. The total cost was £10.7.0. Signed "Recd. the Above Jno. Adams." This document is not related to President John Adams.

Mr Henry Knox Boston June 1774
Bo.t of John Adams

2 pr Cut Salts 4 10 0
½ doz.n China Coffee Cups & Sausers 4 10 0
1 China Slop bowl 18 0
1 Cream Pot 9 0 [illegible]
£ 10 7 0

Rec.d the Above
Jn.o Adams

[docket]
Mr Jno Adams
1 7- 8

Adams, John, fl. 1774-1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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