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Winchester, Edmund (fl. 1799-1805) [Mortgage deed cancellation]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10332 Author/Creator: Winchester, Edmund (fl. 1799-1805) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 13 February 1799 Pagination: 1 p. ; 37.2 x 25.2 cm. Order a Copy

Edmund Winchester agrees that when Knox pays a specified note, Winchester will "cancel the mortgage Deed which he has Executed to me of this Date."

Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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