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Heading: (Aitken, Robert)
Author: **
Title: Printed promissory note/loan agreement filled out in ink
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: R. Aitkin, printer
Date: 1786
Item # : 166576
Sale Number   415
Lot Number   4
Sale Name    
Americana - Cartography - Travel & Exploration
Sale Date   11/05/2009
Price realized   $ 96
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Description:
13½x8.
Form printed by Scottish-born printer Robert Aitken, who settled in Philadelphia in 1771 and produced the first English-language Bible printed in the colonies. The form is filled out in ink, obligating Adam Bantz to pay Stephen Dutilh the sum of fifty seven pounds nine shillings sixpence lawful. Signed by Bantz, and witnessed by Clement Biddle and George Stump.
Condition:
Slight loss at upper right corner (flaw in paper?), else near fine.
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