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Melatiah Bourne, Estate, Bills relating to children, 1752-1774 Digital

Item — Box 8: [Barcode: HB7VNH], Folder: 9Identifier: Mss:733 1728-1803 B775
Scope and Contents: Bills to Melatiah Bourn, dated 1752-1774, for medicines and attendance to his family from Dr. Abner Hershey; dressmaking and tailoring by Mary Randall; schooling for his daughters and tuition for son Silvanus' school; and dancing lessons for his children from Peter Curtis. Schooling bills from Margaret Clarke in 1763 and Ann Stamp in 1771 include charges for tutoring an unnamed enslaved boy and Scipio. Bourne also paid for schooling of Pheby Brown and Henry Gallison. There is additionally a...