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Collection Reference Number GLC03769.114.03
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1795 
Title Receipt for bill of exchange
Date 13 June 1795
Author Burton, Robert (1747-1825)  
Document Type Business and financial document
Subjects Law  Government and Civics  Slavery  Abolition  African American History  
People Burton, Robert (1747-1825)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Law; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information A Revolutionary War officer, delegate to the Continental Congress, lawyer, and politician, Robert Burton owned a plantation near Williamsburg in Granville County, North Carolina.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859