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Hancock, John, 1737-1793 to William Davis and Benjamin Russell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02357 Author/Creator: Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Place Written: Bristol, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 1 February 1785 Pagination: 2 p. ; 33 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by John Avery as Secretary of State. Calls for Davis and Russell to take depositions from Patience and William Cornell regarding their divorce. Note on page two dated 8 February 1785 and signed by Justice William Davis, states that he has performed the duty requested. With paper seal of Massachusetts.

Hancock, John, 1737-1797
Russell, Benjamin, fl. 1785
Davis, William, fl. 1785
Cornell, Patience, fl. 1785
Cornell, William, fl. 1785

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