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[Sketch of land]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10602 Author/Creator: Place Written: Prospect, Maine Type: Manuscript document Date: 26 November 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 29 cm, Width: 36.1 cm Order a Copy

Return of land laid out for Captain Henry Black in the town of Prospect, Maine. Includes a sketch of the land and notes on the location and quality of land.

Black, Henry, fl. 1800

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