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Rivers, Thomas (fl. 1800) Quit Claim Deed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07432 Author/Creator: Rivers, Thomas (fl. 1800) Place Written: Lincoln, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 02 July 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 34 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed deed releasing "a certain Tract of land lying in said Cushing" in Lincoln County, Massachusetts from Thomas Rivers to Henry Knox. James Malcom and John Gleason sign as witnesses.

Rivers, Thomas, fl. 1800
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gleason, John, Jr., 1758-1822
Malcom, James, fl. 1794-1806

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