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Andros, Edmund, 1637-1714 [Commission to Francis Weeks as sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02468.01 Author/Creator: Andros, Edmund, 1637-1714 Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 26 April 1698 Pagination: Order a Copy

Illegible countersignature by Andros's Secretary. Endorsed by Andros as Governor General of Virginia.

1 black and white bust engraving of Andros.

Andros, Edmund, 1637-1714
Weeks, Francis, fl. 1698

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