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[Land bond]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07648 Author/Creator: Place Written: Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 29 October 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 15.2 cm Order a Copy

First page signed by John Rynier and David [Fales] as witnesses to the original agreement. A bond given to Francis Reed by Henry Knox for 50 acres of land in Hancock Country, Maine.

Reed, Francis, fl. 1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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