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Unknown Agreement between WB & DC

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06369 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 March 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.1 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Confirming the agreement between William Bingham and David Cobb for the maintenance and care on various tracts of Bingham's lands located in Maine (see GLC02437.06368 for the full agreement). Date taken from docket..

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