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Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801 [Lease of land]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06437 Author/Creator: Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 6 June 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15.3 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Grants permission to occupy a plot of land and details the borders.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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