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Billings, Richard, fl. 1804 [Contract for purchase of land between John Freeman and Richard Billings]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09028.09 Author/Creator: Billings, Richard, fl. 1804 Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 5 December 1804 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Billings and Gilead Manse [?]. Billings owes Freeman $1500 for the sale of a piece of land with a dwelling house and barn in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Billings, Richard, fl. 1804
Freeman, John, fl. 1803-1809

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