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Title: Handwritten Deposition of Captain Robert Evans Describing the Lay out of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire, Dated September 19th, 1753
Description: No Place, No publisher, 1753. Unbound. Single sheet. Handwritten deposition recalling the testimony of Captain Robert Evans describing the lay out of the town of Rochester, mentioning a pine tree standing three rods due Southwest from the lower side of the first cove on the Southwesterly side of the Salmon Falls River, and going on to mention other landmarks such as a round rock, and a large white birch. We surmise that Captain Robert Evans was the same as that who died in 1753, in his eighties (the deposition also mentions his age), and who was described in his obituary as a rolling stone. Signed by a justice of the peace, Joseph Simpson, and stating Province of New Hampshire, Sept. 19th 1753. Reverse notes this was recorded in Dover town records. GOOD condition. Old white tape repairs to the reverse. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor foxing and spotting. Good .
Keywords: Noisbn New Hampshire History
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Title: Handwritten Deposition of Captain Robert Evans Describing the Lay out of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire, Dated September 19th, 1753
Description: No Place, No publisher, 1753. Unbound. Single sheet. Handwritten deposition recalling the testimony of Captain Robert Evans describing the lay out of the town of Rochester, mentioning a pine tree standing three rods due Southwest from the lower side of the first cove on the Southwesterly side of the Salmon Falls River, and going on to mention other landmarks such as a round rock, and a large white birch. We surmise that Captain Robert Evans was the same as that who died in 1753, in his eighties (the deposition also mentions his age), and who was described in his obituary as a rolling stone. Signed by a justice of the peace, Joseph Simpson, and stating Province of New Hampshire, Sept. 19th 1753. Reverse notes this was recorded in Dover town records. GOOD condition. Old white tape repairs to the reverse. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor foxing and spotting. Good .
Keywords: Noisbn New Hampshire History
Price: US$ 810.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 021222
- Book number: 021222
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