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Summary
Filled in in mss for Moses Hawks, dated 14 March 1760 and signed T. Pownall.; Ford 1213.; Not in Evans.; On Verso: Library of Congress Manuscript Department seal.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.
Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 36, Folder 3a.
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Date
01/01/1760
Contributors
Massachusetts (Colony) Governor 1757-1760 (Thomas Pownall).
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
