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Keyes, Amasa (b. 1744) Debit Report Capt. Amassa Keyes in [inscrutable] Jeremiah Wadsworth Esquire for his 1/16 of the cargo of the Sloop Liberty. Nathan Pettis Commander, Voyage from Connecticut River to Virginia, & back to Boston.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.554.01 Author/Creator: Keyes, Amasa (b. 1744) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 25 January 1779 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 33.3 x 41.1 cm. Order a Copy

Includes account records signed in accordance with Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth for 1/16 of the Liberty's cargo for a voyage from the Connecticut River to Virginia and back to Boston commanded by Nathan Pettis. Also contains account records signed in accordance with Wadsworth for 1/24 of the Liberty's cargo on a voyage commanded by Pettis from Boston to South Carolina. Document verified in Hartford, Connecticut.

Keyes, Amasa, 1744-?
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Pettis, Nathan, fl. 1779

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