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Tripp, John [Description of a piece of property belonging to John Briggs of Dartmouth Township].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.040 Author/Creator: Tripp, John Place Written: Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 01 April 1737 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Tripp adds the names of the members of the committee: himself, Nathaniel Soule, and [illegible] Sanford. Attested as a true copy and signed as Proprietor's Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

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