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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08949 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 1749 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.6 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Later copy. Notes regarding William Shirley and Samuel Waldo and their land bills.

Shirley, William, 1694-1771
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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