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Tobias Lear
Tobias Lear

Tobias Lear

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Authority identity linked to Mount Vernon’s catalog description of the 1797–1801 ledger. His presence is evidentiary as a creator/scribe of the account book, not as a distiller.

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George Washington’s secretary and estate manager; one of the hands represented in the Mount Vernon distillery and fishery ledger.

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Lear, Tobias

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Tobias Lear — manuscript creator/account keeperTobias Lear — manuscript creator/account keeper
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