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Ames, Jacob (fl. 1795) [Purchase of land in Ducktrap, Maine]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06461 Author/Creator: Ames, Jacob (fl. 1795) Place Written: Ducktrap, Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 July 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.9 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Statement of purchase for a tract of land in Ducktrap, Maine.

Ames, Jacob, fl. 1795

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