Surveyor General's Fee-Book, 1788-1798.

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Surveyor General's Fee-Book, 1788-1798.

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Double-entry fee book, sums of returns are recorded as an "open-book" account. Entries include: Elisha Boudinot, William Burnet, Aaron Burr, John DeLancey, Azariah Dunham, James Drummond the Earl of Perth, Peter Knott, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, James Parker, the heirs of Richard Penn, "Ramopock Committee," Gen. John Reid, John Rutherfurd, Anthony Sharp and his heirs, Joseph Sharp, John Stevens, and others.

40 leaves, 31 cm., stitched, paper covers.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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