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Receipt

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1763

GUSN

GUSN-4305

Description

Piece of a bill of payment; laid paper with handwritten ink inscription in script: "Boston Sep. 20 1763 / Errors Excepted / Joseph Barrell." Glazed and framed in a gilt molded wooden frame with mitred corners.

Details

Descriptive Terms

receipts (financial records)
ink
paper (fiber product)
Receipt
Receipt

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804 (Author)

Location of Origin

Portsmouth, NH, USA, ROCKINGHAM

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 5 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.607

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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