Lists of sales of and accounts of payments for confiscated lands, 1784-1788.

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Lists of sales of and accounts of payments for confiscated lands, 1784-1788.

These are records of sales by the Commissioners of Forfeitures of lands confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolution.

.5 cu. ft. (3 volumes, 1 disbound list)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8316580

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