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Smith, Thomas, fl. 1719 [Contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10630 Author/Creator: Smith, Thomas, fl. 1719 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 4 November 1719 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 48.5 cm, Width: 36.7 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Benjamin Alder. John Coney and John [Lavell] Junior signed as witnesses. Anthony Roddard signed as Justice of the Peace on 5 May 1722 at Boston, Massachusetts. Contract between Thomas Smith and Benjamin Alder. Involving a tract of land called Muscongus (in present-day in Maine) and part of some islands located in eastern New England be sold to Alder from Smith. Terms and conditions of the contract are included.

Alden, Benjamin, fl. 1719
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1719

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