H.H.Brown Signed Reciept 1820 for Schooner Hope & Phoebe Supplies Document RI For Sale

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H.H.Brown Signed Reciept 1820 for Schooner Hope & Phoebe Supplies Document RI:
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This is an original, handwritten maritime financial manuscript dated October and November 1820. The document serves as a detailed "bill of particulars" for naval supplies furnished to the Schooner Hope & Phoebe.
The document is boldly signed at the bottom by H. H. Brown (Hugh H. Brown), a prominent 19th-century figure in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown was a well-known printer, merchant, and publisher of the Manufacturers & Farmers Journal, as well as numerous Rhode Island almanacs during the Federal period.