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Chatfield, Philip, fl. 1760 Release of iron oar to Robert Livingston, Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02990 Author/Creator: Chatfield, Philip, fl. 1760 Place Written: Salisbury, Conn. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1760/11/25 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Philip Chatfield released all of the iron oar on his lot at Salisbury to Robert Livingston, Jr. With ANS by John Hutchinson, Justice of the Peace, who presided over the agreement.

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