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Thornton, Matthew, 1714-1803 Document re: deed for sale of "certain tract of a meadow"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.49 Author/Creator: Thornton, Matthew, 1714-1803 Place Written: Londonder[r]y, N.H. Type: Document signed Date: 24 March 1762 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Signed on verso by Thornton as Justice of the Peace.

Thornton, Matthew, 1714-1803

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