Deed of sale for property in Framingham, Massachusetts, from Joseph Buckminster to Moses Haven, March 6, 1706.

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Deed of sale for property in Framingham, Massachusetts, from Joseph Buckminster to Moses Haven, March 6, 1706.

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In this deed of sale, dated March 6, 1706, Joseph Buckminster agrees to sell one hundred and thirty-two acres of land in Framingham, Massachusetts to Moses Haven for the price of forty pounds. The deed, signed by witnesses Ben Bridges and John Swift, as well as Justice of the Peace Thomas Browne, describes the land as: "a certain tenement consisting of upland, swampland, intervale land & meadow, and in the township of said Framingham being situated." The deed specifies that one hundred twenty-two acres of the land are upland, swampland and intervale, while the remaining ten acres are meadow. Some of the text is obscured. The document is signed by both Joseph Buckminster and his wife, Martha (Sharp) Buckminster.

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