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Barnard, Ebenezer Jr., 1749-1827 [Land deed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.32.17 Author/Creator: Barnard, Ebenezer Jr., 1749-1827 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 January 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed deed confirming that Ebenezer Barnard sold a piece of land in Hartland, Connecticut to Asael and Alexander McKee for four hundred pounds. Also signed twice by Jonathan Bull, as witness and Justice of the Peace, and by Henry Bull as witness.

Barnard, Ebenezer Jr., 1749-1827

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