Petitions, 1704-1967.

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Petitions, 1704-1967.

Requests for resurvey necessary to correct errors in the original survey. Arranged by county, then numerically. See also unprocessed Petitions series, 1728-1913, [MSA T4]. Indexed by Certificates and Petitions, Index series [MSA S25].

7.5 cubic ft.

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