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Memorandum of an agreement or lease between Charles Wilcox and J.Q.A. Ward and Robert Cushing.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.291 Author/Creator: Place Written: Warwick, Orange County, NY Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1866/12/11 Pagination: 2 p. + dock. 20.4 cm x 25 cm Order a Copy

Lease for "unbounded priveledge of working a quarry " on Wilcox's farm. Wilcox will receive $3 for each ton of marble taken. 5 cent red stamp below signatures.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Wilcox, Charles
Cushing, Robert, fl. 1866

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