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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08621 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 5 January 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.9 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists the people who were entitled to land from 1788 but have yet to receive their deeds. People listed by name, town and amount of acreage with corresponding comments and notes written alongside. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

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