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[Regarding interest in the borders of the Waldo patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09299 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1783-1815 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

States that two men are interested in the boundaries of the Waldo patent, and discusses the surveys used to establish these bounds.

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