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Unknown [Note regarding sale of lands]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09075 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 23 April 1772 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 18.6 x 15.3 cm. Order a Copy

Mentions that the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo sold particular lands to Mr. French and to Phineas [Walter].

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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