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Wright, Augustus R. [lease agreement]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02691.11.093 Author/Creator: Wright, Augustus R. Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 August 1871 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14.1 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Miller Wright. Lease agreement between Augustus and Miller concerning a tract of farmland. Miller will lease Augustus' farm on the border of Alabama as of the following January.

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