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Accounts of the estate of Joseph Libbey Folsom

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Description
This manuscript is an account of the estate of Joseph Libbey Folsom, and American military officer and real estate investor who died in the mid-19th century, around the year 1856. It is largely a list of Folsom's assets and their approximate value. Halleck is acting as executor, along with Archibald Peachy and Peter Warren Van Winkle.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1856-1859.
Call number
mssHM 19076
Creator
Halleck, H. W (1815-1872)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Grabhorn Collection, January 1945.
Dimensions
31 cm :
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