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Copy of Deed Number 10 for 132,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 10 for 132,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 11 for 132,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 11 for 132,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 12 for 132,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 12 for 132,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 13 for 132,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 13 for 132,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 14 for 132,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 14 for 132,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 15 for 132,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 15 for 132,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 16 for 132,277 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 16 for 132,277 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 1 for 135,922 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 1 for 135,922 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 1 of the Purchase of Townships 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 1 of the Purchase of Townships 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 2 for 138,240 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 2 for 138,240 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 2 of the Purchase of Townships 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 2 of the Purchase of Townships 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 3 for 138,240 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 3 for 138,240 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 4 for 130,640 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 4 for 130,640 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 5 for 138,240 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 5 for 138,240 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 6 for 138,240 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 6 for 138,240 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 7 for 138,240 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 7 for 138,240 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 8 for 186,223 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 8 for 186,223 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Copy of Deed Number 9 for 142,541 acres of land
Samuel Phillips, Leonard Jarvis, and John Read
Copy of Deed Number 9 for 142,541 acres of land to William Bingham from the Committee to sell and dispose of the unappropriated Lands in the Counties of York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington
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Indenture between Henry Knox and William Bingham
Henry Knox
Indenture between Henry Knox and William Bingham for two million acres of land
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Articles of Agreement between William Duer and William Bingham
William Duer, William Bingham, Royal Flint, and Henry Jackson
Articles of Agreement between William Duer and William Bingham for the purchase of two million acres
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Deed from Henry Jackson and Royal Flint to William Duer and Henry Knox
Henry Jackson and Royal Flint
Deed from Henry Jackson and Royal Flint to William Duer and Henry Knox for two million acres of land
In the 1780s and 1790s, Massachusetts was looking to dispose of large tracts of land in Maine. William Bingham, a wealthy man from Philadelphia, managed to buy these two large tracts of land, totaling nearly 2 million acres. The documents in this collection show the initial agreements and then deeds granting the land to Bingham in 1793.
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