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This Indenture made the present date between John Lanning greeting;
of [illegible] in the town of [illegible] in the county of [illegible]
said and given my years and consideration
of [illegible] hundred and thirty pounds and twenty three Shillings
of lawful money paid me by Colonel; to me in hand holding
before the seal to be a [illegible] Geo: a Wadsworth of [illegible]
and before appeared O comma the [illegible] [illegible]
that whereas a piece of land situated within all [illegible] [illegible]
of [illegible] and of me part of a [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
and purchased the said piece [illegible] [illegible] which in
[illegible] was by these presents 1002 acres granted
to [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and [illegible] [illegible] and have
to [illegible] any [illegible] [illegible] now [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
now confirm to him the said George Wadsworth his heirs in
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By me deputy clerk on 7th Oct To ben and mary hinton his Wife the 6th
of December it was acknowledged that the above Instrument to be
their Act and Deed etc do I
July before me
Job [illegible] witness of the same
said Deed was recorded 10th January 1787
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I Christopher Pen by these presents declare that I Christopher Wickham of Newport in the Count
of Rhode Island have Sold transferred and released to
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