School tax payment fo behalf of Alexander McVey

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William Bull & Sarah Wells Stone House Association Inc

Alexander McVey, Ebenezer Bull

Alexander McVey, Ebenezer Bull

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School tax payment fo behalf of Alexander McVey

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002702

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Ebenezer Bull, Alexander McVey

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first Month 9th 1826 Received of Ebenezer Bull one of the administrators of Alexander McVey Decsd 32 Cents for schooling B M Watkins Trustee Notes on the Script: "first Month": This reflects the Quaker (Society of Friends) practice of avoiding pagan-derived names for months (like January). "Decsd": An abbreviation for "Deceased". "administra- / -ators": The writer split the word "administrators" across the line break, accidentally repeating the "a".