Description:
Revolutionary War, Four Documents.
Including a receipt from the state of Massachusetts with an engraved Paul Revere border, dated 1 December 1777, obliging to re-pay Joanna Alford the ten pounds she gave to the state by 1 March 1781, signed by Massachusetts Treasurer Henry Gardner; and three other American documents of the same era. (4)
Estimate $300-500
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Joanna AlfordJohn Dorfman
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