Samuel Staples, Jr., Receipt, front

Samuel Staples, Jr., Receipt, front I Samuel Staples Junr of Gorham County of Cumberland and State of Maine, have this day received [sic] of Hugh D M Lellan Executed of the last will and testament of Coln Stephen M L Staples my brother who died in Philadelphia, The sum of One hundred dollars, the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge as being a part of the sum or legacy, of which the said Stephen bequeathed me by his said last will dated Philadelphia December 15th 1831 And the codicil D the same dated Decr 31st 1831, And I have this day signed this and one other [?] of the same [?] and date for the said sum as duplicates -- Done at Gorham this first day of April, Eighteen hundred & thirty three Samuel Staples Jr J R Shivenick [?] Attest Writer Samuel Staples, Jr. (1766? - 1837) Date written 1833-04-01 Paper x in x s in, ivory unlined Pen black File name Staples Samuel Jr. 1800-00x-00x-00x Links related to Samuel Staples, Jr. http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/gorham_d1.htm http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Laws/1828/1828_PS_c509.pdf Links related to Stephen M L Staples (Stephen McLellan Staples] The American journal of education, Volume 15 [1] An Inventory of Hispanic-Related Texts at the American Antiquarian Society[2] Books listed in OCLC WorldCat [3]