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Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788 [Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.341 Author/Creator: Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 April 1771 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; docket ; parchment ; 34.7 x 49.2 cm. Order a Copy

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All signautues include a red wax seal in between signer's first and last names. Docket on verso. Document encased in mylar.

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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