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30 September 1801

Freeman, Pelatiah, fl. 1797-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed]

Signed by [Pelatiah] Freeman. Thomas L[illegible] and William Freeman signed as witnesses and Oliver Parker signed as a Justice of Peace. A land deed between Pelatiah Freeman and Isaac Jones Woodworth. Freeman acknowledges he received $180 from Woodworth and quit claims 50 acres of land in Northport, Maine to Woodworth. Document also states Freeman had purchased portion of the land from Henry Knox. Thomas Cobb noted on the second page that the document was entered with the Records for Deeds on 1 October 1801.

GLC02437.09865

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