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Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757 [Appointment of John North as Justice of the Peace in York County, Massachusetts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.05 Author/Creator: Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 July 1733 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 35.7 cm, Width: 24.3 cm Order a Copy

Handwritten document signed by Belcher as the Governor of Massachusetts. Also signed by J. Willard Story. With contemporary genealogical notes in the margins.

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757
North, John, 1708-1763

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