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Delano, Jonathan (fl. 1701-1717) An account of land set off & left to Christopher Gifford and Robert Gifford on the 19th of May 1712.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.018 Author/Creator: Delano, Jonathan (fl. 1701-1717) Place Written: Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 19 May 1712 Pagination: 2 p. + docket Order a Copy

Includes the clerical signatures of Benjamin Hammond and Surveyor Benjamin Crane. Docket dated 1718. Certified as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

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