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Duer, William, 1747-1799 [Contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10724 Author/Creator: Duer, William, 1747-1799 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1 July 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 48.8 cm, Width: 52.2 cm Order a Copy

Contract regarding the purchase of land by William Duer and Royal Flint from Samuel Philips, Leonard Jarvis and John Read. Authorizes the sale of the lands in Maine and grants Duer and Flint all of the rightful legal claims to it. Noted that Henrys Knox and Jackson have signed as witnesses. Appears to be a copy. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Duer, William, 1747-1799
Flint, Royal, 1754-1797
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802
Jarvis, Leonard, fl. 1788-1795
Read, John, fl. 1789-1795

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