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Source Description
Seller(s) Name: Fish, David. Buyer(s) Name: Bursley, Lemuel. Witness(es) Name (other than Justice of the Peace): Whitman, Samuel. Justice of the Peace: Whitman, James. Other Names Mentioned: Davis, Job C. (original registrar); Smith, Richard L. (1828 registrar); Bursley, John; Fish [?], Josiah; Fish, Anna (wife).
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c247j3742
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Deed of property in Barnstable sold to Lemuel Bursley of Barnstable by David Fish of Barnstable
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c247j3742
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title
Deed of property in Barnstable sold to Lemuel Bursley of Barnstable by David Fish of Barnstable
description
Seller(s) Name: Fish, David. Buyer(s) Name: Bursley, Lemuel. Witness(es) Name (other than Justice of the Peace): Whitman, Samuel. Justice of the Peace: Whitman, James. Other Names Mentioned: Davis, Job C. (original registrar); Smith, Richard L. (1828 registrar); Bursley, John; Fish [?], Josiah; Fish, Anna (wife).
date
["May 6, 1812"]
year
1812
rights
No known copyright restrictions. Please credit Sturgis Library.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
SSDeeds.1.2.1812
institution
Sturgis Library
collections
Stanley Smith Deed Collection
subjectsGeographic
Barnstable
Barnstable (county)
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
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Documents
Manuscripts
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Deeds
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Text
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Barnstable
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Barnstable
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1
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1 item
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c247j3008
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41.7
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-70.3
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
David Fish described as "yeoman"; location of land described, but writing is barely legible; portion at bottom of deed suggests Anna Fish gives up right of dower, but writing is largely illegible; deed was entered into books again on November 10, 1828; original deed received "25 minutes past 1 o'clock PM."
Price: $150
Finding aid available at: http://www.sturgislibrary.org/pdf/stanley_smith_deed_collection.pdf
Book of Evidences of Land, Folio (or page): 71st, 119; No. 2, page 251
Transaction keyword(s): marsh
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