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Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759 [Contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10634 Author/Creator: Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 November 1742 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 50.9 cm, Width: 40 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. John Palmer and Charles [Proctor] signed as witnesses. J. Bradbury signed as Justice of the Peace on 25 January 1743. Indenture contract between Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. Waldo grants 200 acres of land in Maine to Burton. Terms and conditions of the contract are included.

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Burton, Benjamin, fl. 1742

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