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Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757 [Contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10633 Author/Creator: Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 12 Decemer 1737 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 51.2 cm, Width: 37.8 cm Order a Copy

Signed by various parties on the last two pages. A long detailed indenture contract between Spencer Phipps, Elisha Cook, John and Sarah Phips, Dame Jane Cook (guardian of Mary Cook), Nathaniel Hubbard, Frances Brinley, Samuel Waldo, and various others. Appears to involve the Muscongus Patent (located in present-day Maine). Terms and conditions of the contract are included. Fragile. A portion of the document is missing causing text loss.

Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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