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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09911 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1660 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Transcription of a deed from Ferdinand Gorges to sell land in New England to George Cleeve and Richard Tucker. States the deed was dated 27 January 1686 and recorded 26 June 1660. The former year is a mistranscription; historical records date the original deed to 1636.

Cleeve, George, fl. 1686
Georges, Ferdinando, fl. 1686
Tucker, Richard, fl. 1686

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