Bill : to the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1750 June 2.

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Bill : to the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1750 June 2.

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Bill for £3-10-4 signed by Joseph Heath, June 2, 1750, submitted to the province of Massachusetts Bay for services rendered beginning May 24, 1750, relating to the "ancient boundary between this province and the Colony of Rhod[e] Island."

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