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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08793 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 October 1804 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 16.8 cm, Width: 10.4 cm Order a Copy

The front page is handwritten and discusses mortgages from 23-28 November 1801. The back is a portion of a printed document possibly relating to a land deed within Massachusetts.

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