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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.410.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1776 
Title Legal document transferring land to the colony of Rhode Island
Date 14 June 1776
Author Coman, Richard (fl. 1776)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document; Land transaction document
Content Description Co-signed by Coman's wife Sarah. Also witnessed and signed by Philip Peekham and Jacob Goff. Coman sold about one acre of land to the colony of Rhode Island for 50 Spanish milled dollars. The deal was made with John Jenckes and John Waterman as trustees of the colony appointed to build a powder mill on the property. Document details precise boundaries of the land. Paper seals are next to Richard and Sarah's names.
Subjects Land Transaction  Contract  Women's History  Finance  Mill  Ammunition  Revolutionary War  Military History  Industry  
Place written North Providence, Rhode Island
Theme Industry; Science, Technology, Invention; Government & Politics; The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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