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Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805 [Quit Claim]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07570 Author/Creator: Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 16 July 1801 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 22.1 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Letter signed by Edmund Winchester, and Aman Winchester and Joseph Hall as witnesses. A quit claim for two lots in Lincoln County, Maine. Document appears to be releasing all rights (title and claim) from Edmund Winchester to Knox and his heirs. Also appears a lot has been contracted to Joshua Palmer and one to Joseph Sherman. Date was added at a later date in pen. Docket notes received 10 August 1801.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805

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