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Kneeland, John, fl. 1763 [Mr. John Kneeland's deed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09020 Author/Creator: Kneeland, John, fl. 1763 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 6 August 1763-22 August 1763 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 36.9 cm, Width: 23.6 cm Order a Copy

Docket (which appears on a third page) indicates the deed was being sent to Mr. Thomas Flucker. Documents that a tract of land in Boston was purchased by Thomas Flucker from John Kneeland and his wife, Abigail. Signed by John and Abigail Kneeland as well as by John Wells and William Story, Justice of the Peace, as witnesses.

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Story, William, fl. 1763
Wells, John, fl. 1763
Kneeland, Abigail, fl. 1763
Kneeland, John, fl. 1763

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