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Duley, Enoch M., 1773-1864 [Sale of a tract of land to Enoch M. Duley]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06377.04 Author/Creator: Duley, Enoch M., 1773-1864 Place Written: Livingston County, Kentucky Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 15 October 1856 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Sells his son a tract in Livingston County, Kentucky worth $306 for $1. Outlines the location of the land. A note on the verso signed by the county clerk James W. Cade indicates that the sale was recorded on 21 October 1856. Signed with a mark.

Duley, Enoch M., 1773-1864
Cade, James W., fl. 1855-1863
Duley, Enoch M., 1818-1906

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