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Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) [Indenture contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08913 Author/Creator: Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 4 October 1744 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.7 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Contract for an indenture of land between Samuel Waldo and John McDole and includes McDole's mark and seals of both Waldo and McDole.

McDole, John, fl. 1744
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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