Letter : Windsor, [Conn.], to [William] Pyncheon [i.e. Pynchon], [Springfield, Mass.?], 1639 Feb. 8.

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Letter : Windsor, [Conn.], to [William] Pyncheon [i.e. Pynchon], [Springfield, Mass.?], 1639 Feb. 8.

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February 8, 1639, letter from Ludlow to fur trader, magistrate, and Springfield, Mass., founder (1636) William Pynchon, who controlled the upper Connecticut River fur trade from his location at the head of deep-water navigation on the river.

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Public official in Massachusetts and Connecticut. From the description of Deed with depositions of William Pynchon, 1641-1690. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449608 ...

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