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    "title": "Deed of property in Brewster sold to Thomas Higgins of Orleans by Timothy Doane of Orleans",
    "description": "Seller(s) Name: Doane, Timothy. Buyer(s) Name: Higgins, Thomas. Witness(es) Name (other than Justice of the Peace): Hopkins, Elisha. Justice of the Peace: Myrick, William. Other Names Mentioned: Higgins, Lot; Freeman, Ebn [? possibly Abner]; Rogers, Thomas; Knowles, Henry; Young, Jonathan; Smith, Ralph; Higgins, Hezekiah; Hopkins, Jonathan; Doane, Mary (wife of Timothy Doane).",
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    "year": 1825,
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        "Title supplied by cataloger.",
        "Timothy Doane described as \"housewright\"; Thomas Higgins described as \"housewright\"; deed is for 2.25 acres in Brewster, one acre plus an additional quarter acre of cedar swamp, both in Orleans; Brewster property has a western boundary of 39 rods, a northern boundary of 8 rods, and eastern boundary of 39 rods and a southern boundary of 8 rods; Mary Doane reliquishes her right of dower.",
        "Acreage: 3.5",
        "Price: $125",
        "Finding aid available at: http://www.sturgislibrary.org/pdf/stanley_smith_deed_collection.pdf",
        "Transaction keyword(s): real estate, tract of wood land, stake, stones, cedar swamp, upland, swamp, edge, orchard"
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