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Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 [Committee findings relating to the estate of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09106 Author/Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 July 1784 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 29.2 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Documents findings made by a Massachusetts State Senate Committee regarding rightful ownership and boundaries of certain Maine lands. These lands were apparently being petitioned for by the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo. Signed by Phillips, Wells and Dane as members of the General Court, and by Samuel Adams as President. Marked as a certified true copy.

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802
Wells, Nathaniel, fl. 1784
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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