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[Relative to lands in Worcester]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09058 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 31 March 1769 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 15.4 cm Order a Copy

Docket suggests the letter is a copy of a letter to [Major Denny]. Discusses lands belonging to Brigadier Waldo in the county of Worcester, which had apparently been sold to several other parties before his death.

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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