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Jones, David, 1748-1822 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.013 Author/Creator: Jones, David, 1748-1822 Place Written: North Yarmouth, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 April 1810 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 16.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses legal matters pertaining to a land dispute. States that if Hobart sends the money along with the Quit Claim Deed, then Gammon would sign and leave it to him "to be conveyed to [Hobart]." Also mentions that if Elihu wants to purchase their shares, he must send $70 and the deed will be sent to French & Everetts, where Elihu can pick it up. Declines giving advice on a certain case, claiming that the "Physicians who are near you... must be better Judges...than I am."

Jones, David, 1748-1822
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Gammon, fl. 1810
Hobart, Benjamin, 1781-1877

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