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Samuel Meredith Sends a Bill of Lading as 2nd U.S. Treasurer, Ca. 1797
Samuel Meredith Sends a Bill of Lading as 2nd U.S. Treasurer, Ca. 1797
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Samuel Meredith Sends a Bill of Lading as 2nd U.S. Treasurer, Ca. 1797

ALS, 1p, measuring 8.25" x 10", dated November 22, 1797, [Treasury of the United States]. A letter from Samuel Meredith as Treasurer to one Jonathan Burrall Esquire in which he sends a bill of lading for six kegs. Reading in full: "By the Sloop Patience Frederick Willis who sailed from this port yesterday you will receive six Keggs respectively to the inclosed Bill of Lading amounting to nine hundred Dollars there being One hundred and fifty Dollars in each Kegg;- On receipt of which you will please[?] to audit my account and transmit me a Receipt for the same." Signed at conclusion as "Saml. Meredith Tres of the United States". Exhibits some soiling at creases with areas of darkened edge toning throughout. Overall, very good with pristine signature.

Samuel Meredith (1741-1817) was an American merchant from Philadelphia who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the state of Pennsylvania from 1786 to 1788. He was later appointed Treasurer by George Washington in 1789, a position he held until his retirement in 1801, also serving under presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

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Samuel Meredith Sends a Bill of Lading as 2nd U.S. Treasurer, Ca. 1797

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