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LeGrand, Edwin O., 1801-1861 [Promise to pay J.B. Johnson $325]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06624.10 Author/Creator: LeGrand, Edwin O., 1801-1861 Place Written: Texas Type: Autograph document signed Date: 23 October 1838 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 11.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Promise made "in lieu of E.A. Townsends Certificate for one League & Labor of Land." In a note on the verso dated 19 December 1838, J.B. Johnson writes: "By cash of the within fifty dollars."

LeGrand, Edwin Oswald, 1801-1861
Johnson, J.B., fl. 1838

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