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Shepherd, Andrew Statement of Andrew Shepherd, re: land sales

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.008 Author/Creator: Shepherd, Andrew Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Document Date: 1763? ca. Pagination: 1 p. 17 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Statement written in the hand of Edmund Pendleton, undated, probably 1763.

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