Andrew Barton, Jr.

Photo reference, transcribed: "May of first day 1761 / Charles Higginbothom, Sir please to pay / up to Edward Gorton Junior / the sum of one hundred / and one pounds nine shillings and five pence [?] / [?] and you will oblige your friend / [signed] Andrew Barton" This note was on the reverse side of another note having to do with the settling of Dr. Higginbotham's estate, signed by Andrew's cousin, Edward Gorton Jr.
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Andrew Barton Jr. was Admitted Freeman of Warwick, colony of Rhode Island by vote, per "Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, of Warwick, the third Tuesday in February, 1738-'9.", REF. : Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence, edited by John Russell Bartlett, pages 550-551. < https://books.google.com/books?id=guM4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA551&lpg=PA551&d...

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