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Conkling, Joseph (fl. 1773) [Invoice of goods]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08312 Author/Creator: Conkling, Joseph (fl. 1773) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

List of items sold to Mrs. Lucy Knox. Items mainly consist of stationery, including ink, quills, nubs and paper. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Conkling, Joseph, fl. 1773
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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