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Hathaway, Thomas (fl. 1717-1726) [Copy of a report of a meeting to choose a surveyor].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.031 Author/Creator: Hathaway, Thomas (fl. 1717-1726) Place Written: Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony Type: Document signed Date: circa 1723 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Hathaway clerically signs for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Benjamin Hammond is to lay out the general divisions of the uplands. John Akin is to assist him. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

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