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Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801 [Permit to occupy land]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04162 Author/Creator: Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 April 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

David Fales, under authority of Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow, gives permission to William Burton "to occupy and improve a Lot of Land of fifty acres" (likely on the Waldo patent lands). Burton has agreed to pay Knox, Winslow and Winslow six shillings per acre, and they have provided him with a "Warrantee Deed."

Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806
Winslow, Isaac, fl. 1788-1789
Burton, William, fl. 1789-1796

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