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Unknown Agreement between John Bronk and Gerrit van Bergen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01046 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1714/02/08 Pagination: 3p. + docket 33.4 x 21.4 cm Order a Copy

The document attests to an agreement between Bronk and van Bergen in which the two parties divided up two patents of land into two equal estates.

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