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Rare pre American revolution era receipt for services from Newport Rhode Island September 24 1745 by Francis Brinley the second. Measures 5 and one half inches by three and one quarter inches.The Brinley Family were well ensconced among the social and political elite of colonial New England. Connected by marriage to other elite families in Rhode Island and Massachusetts the Auchmutys, Craddocks, and Tyngs among them the Brinleys were refined, highly educated, public spirited, and most often business-minded. Although many members of the family remained loyal to the British cause during the Revolution, the family retained their high social standing in the years following.This information was obtained from http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/umarmot/?p=4
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