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Preble, Jedidiah, 1707-1784 [Maine land indenture for Thomas Goldthwait]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00042 Author/Creator: Preble, Jedidiah, 1707-1784 Place Written: Lincoln County, Maine Type: Autograph document signed Date: 18 March 1773 Pagination: 1p. 19.8 cm. x 16.5cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Jonathan Lowder. Agreement outlining the renting of the land in Lincoln County by Goldthwait from Preble and Lowder. Indicates indenture will last approximately three years and permit building on the land. Discusses rent and payment scheme.

Preble, Jedidiah, 1707-1784
Lowder, Jonathan, fl. 1773
Goldthwaite, Thomas, 1717-1799

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