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Francklin, Michael, fl. 1762-1774 [Mortgage from Michael Francklin to Joshua Mauger]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.338 Author/Creator: Francklin, Michael, fl. 1762-1774 Place Written: Novia Scotia, Canada Type: Autograph document signed Date: December 31, 1766 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 47.8 cm, Width: 38.5 cm Order a Copy

Amount agreed upon was £6000. Signed by Michael Franklin on bottom. Paper seal next to Franklin's signature. Originally folded in twelfths. Docket on verso.

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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