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    "title": "Deed of property in Brewster sold to Nehemiah Smith of Eastham by Henry Knowles of Orleans",
    "description": "Seller(s) Name: Knowles, Henry. Buyer(s) Name: Smith, Nehemiah. Witness(es) Name (other than Justice of the Peace): Bangs, Bethiah. Justice of the Peace: Freeman, Samuel. Other Names Mentioned: Freeman, Solomon [?]; Smith, Joshua; Doane, Timothy; Freeman, Gideon; Smith, Josiah; Higgins, Joshua; Smith, Widdow Jane [?]; Freeman, Ebenezer; Davis (registrar); Job C.",
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    "year": 1812,
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        "Title supplied by cataloger.",
        "Henry Knowles described as \"housewright\"; Nehemiah Smith described as \"mariner\"; 5 acres (eastern boundary is 19 rods, southern boundary is 29 rods, western boundary is 28 rods, northern boundary is 44 rods) plus 2 acres; right of dower refers to land left to Widdow Smith",
        "Acreage: 7",
        "Price: $92.50",
        "Finding aid available at: http://www.sturgislibrary.org/pdf/stanley_smith_deed_collection.pdf",
        "Book of Evidences of Land, Folio (or page): 71st, 95",
        "Transaction keyword(s): wood land, stake, stone, road, Clift pond, cleared field, fence, Bakers pond, right of dower"
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