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Van ?lpendam Arrangements for a legal proceeding

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04867 Author/Creator: Van ?lpendam Place Written: New Albany, New York Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1676/09/08 Pagination: 1p. + docket 32.0 x 19.5 Order a Copy

The notary public, Adrian van [?]lpendam, recorded the arrangements for a legal proceeding between Nicolas van Renselaer on the one part, and Jacob Leisler and Jacob Milborne on the other part.

Van Rensselaer, Nicholas, fl. 1676-1685
Milborne, Jacob
Leisler, Jacob, 1640-1691

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