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Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799 [Resolution regarding distribution of lands in the Waldo patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09264 Author/Creator: Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: February 16, 1798 - February 23, 1798 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Appointing a surveyor to settle a dispute over lands within the Waldo patent. Some of the lands recently granted to Waldo's heirs were withing the holding of the Plymouth company, and this overlap must be resolved. Also signed by Samuel Phillips, John Avery and Edward Robbins. Identical text to GLC02437.09265, possibly a copy.

Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799
Phillips, Samuel, 1715-1790
Avery, John, 1739-1806
Robbins, Edward H. (Edward Hutchinson), 1758-1837

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