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Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) [Contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08970 Author/Creator: Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 12 August 1753 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32 x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Contract between Samuel Jamison and Samuel Waldo to settle lands. Signed and witnessed by Francis Waldo, Peter Boyer and Dunbar Henderson.

Boyer, Peter, fl. 1753-1790
Henderson, Dunbar, fl. 1753
Waldo, Francis, fl. 1728-1784
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Jamison, Samuel, fl. 1753

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