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Hopkins, Stephen (1707-1785) Receipt for tax collected by Daniel Wilkerson for 580 Pounds

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.21 Author/Creator: Hopkins, Stephen (1707-1785) Place Written: Cumberland, Rhode Island Type: Document signed Date: 28 March 1757 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 11 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Received of Mr. Daniel Wilkerson collector of taxes for the town of Cumberland five hundred and eighty pounds or tenor being part of part of the said towns proportion of the last [illegible] hate received by order on the General treasurer March 28. 1757
Stephen Hopkins

Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
Wilkerson, Daniel, fl. 1757

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