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[Relative to the Muscongus patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09105 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 27 April 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

No date is listed, but previous research suggested its date is 27 April 1784. Document lists portions of the Muscongus patent, their acreage, and their value.

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