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"Warrant to sell the Cochins Land"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01369 Author/Creator: Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1721/04/24 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 29.8 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy

The warrant authorizes the sale and disbursement of the land belonging to a certain Mrs. Cochin, who has been condemned for murder. Docketed on address leaf.

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