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ISAIAH THOMAS, JR., Mauscript Document 1804

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ISAIAH THOMAS, JR., Printer and Publisher from Worcester, Massachusetts.
This 3" x 5" receipt is an original Mauscript Document dated December 31, 1804, Choice Very Fine. Here, Isaiah Thomas Jr. has signed as having received payment from William Green for a writing desk. in the amount of $4.

Isaiah Thomas, Jr. was the son and took over the family business from Isaiah Thomas, Sr. (January 8, 1749 - April 4, 1831), was an American newspaper publisher and author. He was active in the American Revolution and performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts.. Around 1802, Thomas gave his Worcester business over to his son, including the control of the Spy. Thomas Jr. drove the sale of the Spy to other publishers. Both father and son made the most of their fortume publishing almanacs and school textbooks.



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