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Lanch, John, fl. 1700 Petition of John Lanch to Richard Earl of Bellomont

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04844 Author/Creator: Lanch, John, fl. 1700 Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript Date: 1700/08/27 Pagination: 1p. + docket 19.8 x 30.7 Order a Copy

John Lanch petitioned Bellomont to request that he be paid for some hogs and a cow that Indians slaughtered.

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