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Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808 [New York land sale]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.436.04 Author/Creator: Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808 Place Written: Bristol, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 27 August 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 34 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document in which Ellis sells Calvin Sanger a five hundred acre tract of land in Romulus, New York, which was originally granted to Abial Pettee for service in the American Revolution.

Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808

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