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Copeland, Moses, fl. 1786-1807 [Deed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07172 Author/Creator: Copeland, Moses, fl. 1786-1807 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Document Date: 29 September 1798 - 2 April 1799 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 34.7 x 20.8 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Certifies that Moses Copeland has sold land to Henry Knox and that he relinquishes all his claims to that particular property. Signed by David Copeland and Samuel Lowe as witnesses. Also contains a verification by Josiah Reed as the Justice of the Peace, dated Thomaston 2 April 1799.

Copeland, David, fl. 1798
Copeland, Moses, fl. 1786-1807
Lowe, Samuel, fl. 1797-1798
Reed, Josiah, fl. 1798-1805
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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