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Elgar, Samuel, fl. 1814 [Indenture for land from Samuel Elgar to William Palmer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.83 Author/Creator: Elgar, Samuel, fl. 1814 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 September 1814 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 34.5 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Land sold by Samuel Elgar to William Palmer. Also signed by James H. Ray, James Healy, and John Fawcett. Signed and attested by George Healy as clerk.

Elgar, Samuel, fl. 1814
Healy, George, fl. 1804-1817
Healy, James, fl. 1814
Fawcett, John, fl. 1814
Ray, James H., fl. 1814

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