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Lathrop, Benjamin, fl. 1768 Testimony regarding Benajah Douglas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04761 Author/Creator: Lathrop, Benjamin, fl. 1768 Place Written: Windham, Connecticut Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1768/03/05 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

The three testifiers state that they remember Benajah Douglas to have been a sane and responsible man.

Lathrop, Benjamin, fl. 1768
Larrabe, Timothy, fl. 1768
Ripley, Eleazer Wheelock, 1782-1839
Douglas, Benajah, fl. 1768

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