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Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717 [Copy of a report of a meeting held for laying out 400 acres].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.020 Author/Creator: Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717 Place Written: Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 1714/08/10 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Delano signed clerically for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Docket reads, "For Christopher Gifford to [illegible]." Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

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