An Exposition of the Pretended Claims of William Vans on the Estate of John Codman: With an Appendix of Original Documents, Correspondence and Other Evidence, Volume 2S.N. Dickinson, 1837 |
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12th Pluviose accept account current account settled affairs Amory amount answer appears ard Codman Babut balance Barings bill Boston Capt cargo Caspar Voght cent claim Codman to Messrs Committee copartners copy Court creditors DEAR BROTHER Deblois debt demand dissolution dollars drafts Dreux Europe Executor Extract favor France Francis Baring freight French funds Gouvain Hamburg hands Havre Hombergs inscriptions interest Interrogatory James Swan January John & Richard John and Richard John Cod John Codman John Skinner judgment June letter Lisbon livres London Meaux Messidore Minerva never Nivose obligation ORIGINAL Pacaud papers Paris partnership payment petition Petitioner pounds sterling Prairial pray Rayjil receipt received remitted request respecting Richard Cod Richard Codman Richard Skinner Russia Sept ship sold Stephen Codman sterling Swan Thetis tion transactions Vendemiaire William Vans
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