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Winslow, John A Deed Appointed to be Recorded.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.002 Author/Creator: Winslow, John Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 November 1652 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Known as the Dartmouth Purchase, this land became the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Wasamequin and his son Wamsutta sold the land to Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, John Cooke, and their associates, the Purchasers and Old Comers. The deed provides the boundaries of the land and enumerates the goods and money Wasamequin and Wamsutta received in return. Copy made in the presence of Jonathan Shaw and Samuel Eedy.

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