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[Extract from Tax Act passed March 22nd 1786]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09147 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 22 March 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : 29.2 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Extract from a tax act passed by the Massachusetts General Court pertaining to the Waldo patent lands.

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