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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) [Ohio land grant to Robert Parks of Harrison County, Ohio]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04900.03 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Printed document signed Date: 12 August 1826 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum ; 24.5 x 39.4 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document granting Robert Parks seventy nine acres in Steubenville, Ohio. Signed by John Quincy Adams as President and countersigned by George W. Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office. Certificate No. 1251. Recorded in Vol. 3, p. 207. Features remnants of a paper and wax seal.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Graham, George, 1770-1830
Parks, John, fl. 1789

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