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White, Daniel, fl. 1692 [Deed of land indenture]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.03 Author/Creator: White, Daniel, fl. 1692 Place Written: Hampshire County, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 23 May 1692 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Sale of land in Hadley, Massachusetts. The agreement being made between the Whites, Daniel and his wife Sarah, and Thomas Meakins's executor Samuel Partrigg, Justice of the Peace. Witnessed by Stephen Belding, Samuel Hornblom, and John [illegible]. Sarah signed with an "X" as her mark. Two red wax seals still extent next to signatures.

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