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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09080 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0006] January-May 1773 |
| Title | Deed to Richard Clarke |
| Date | 22 April 1773 - 29 April 1786 |
| Author | Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) |
| Additional authors | Waldo, Francis (ca. 1728-1784); Winslow, Isaac (1709-1777) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Land transaction document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Marked "copy." Notes that the Superior Court of Massachusetts granted the authors, as surviving executors of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo's estate, the power to sell lands of Waldo's to pay his debts. The present deed documents the sale of a land lot to Richard Clarke in exchange for a particular sum of money. Signed on behalf of Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker, as well as by Samuel Quincy and Increase Sumner Jr. as witnesses. Below the signatures is a note declaring that Enoch Freeman copied the above on or about 29 April 1786; Enoch Freeman also signs the note. Samuel Freeman, as Clerk, certifies the above as a true copy. |
| Subjects | Finance Debt Estate Judiciary Waldo Patent Contract Land Transaction |
| People | Winslow, Isaac (1709-1777) Waldo, Francis (ca. 1728-1784) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) Sumner, Increase (1746-1799) Freeman, Enoch (1706-1788) Quincy, Samuel (fl. 1773) Clarke, Richard (fl. 1753-1773) Freeman, Samuel (1743-1831) Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |