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Unknown to Henry Livingston [(?)] re: rent agreement of Michiel Stoppelbeen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04457 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Note Date: 1747/07/15 Pagination: 1p. + addr. 20.2 z 21.5 Order a Copy

The note states that Michiel Stoppelbeen has taken a parcel of land, and notes the rent that he will pay. Docketed on address leaf.

Stoppelbeen, Michiel
Livingston, Henry

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