Winthrop, Thomas Lindall (1760-1841) [Indenture between Winthrop, Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Benjamin Lincoln]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10340 Author/Creator: Winthrop, Thomas Lindall (1760-1841) Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 August 1801 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 38.7 x 24.9 cm. Order a Copy
Countersigned by George Richards Minot and John Heard as witnesses. Includes a 29 September 1801 note written by Minot, Justice of the Peace in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, attesting that Winthrop's statement was a "free act & deed." Judgment was granted in Winthrop's favor to obtain money owed to him by Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln. Winthrop will accept payment in the form of land. Lucy Knox and Mary Lincoln have relinquished their right of dower.
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