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Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783 [Agreement between Thomas Flucker and Samuel Marshall] [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09081 Author/Creator: Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: April 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Partial copy of an agreement between Samuel Marshall, a fisherman living in Lincoln County, Maine, and Thomas Flucker. Marshall asserts that although he has built a log house and fence on a portion of land on the east side of St. George's River, he lays no claim of ownership on the house or land. Signed on behalf of Flucker and Marshall, as well as Henry Laughton and Francis [Skinner] as witnesses. Attested to be a true copy by Samuel Winslow.

Marshall, Samuel, fl. 1773
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806
Laughton, Henry, fl. 1773

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