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Hathaway, Simon, fl. 1764 [Land survey of a 69 acre plot beside the road between Rochester, Massachusetts and Waveham, Massachusetts, and a narrative explanation]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.434 Author/Creator: Hathaway, Simon, fl. 1764 Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Document Date: February 23, 1764 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 37.8 cm Order a Copy

Includes the names of the surveyors: Isaiah Hatch, Joseph Haskell, and [illegible]. Narrative explanation details the owners of various parts of the plot. Hand drawn map includes distances and environmental boundary markers. Docketed on reverse as "Simon Hathaway's plann" dated April 16, 1764.

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