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Contract between Edwin Eames and Edward R. Preston, for the construction of a house in Framingham, Massachusetts, to be built by Preston.

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Deed of sale recording the transfer of land in Natick Massachusetts from Samuel Abraham to Benjamin Tray. Printed form with manuscript additions and wax seal. Witnessed and signed by William Rider and Oliver Peabody.

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Two-page manuscript instructing Constable John Hill to inform free male inhabitants of Sherborn, Massachusetts, at least twenty-one years old and meeting property requirements, to vote in the general election on Monday 7 April.

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Manuscript deed of indentured apprenticeship of Stephen Cory (1765-1790?) to Susanna Nichols (1712-1806), both of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, dated 15 February 1771.

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Caption title. Manuscript fair copy, signed at end by Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, and other members of the Consejo en el Extraordinario, in justification of the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire.

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Manuscript notebook written on laid paper, containing examples of arithmetic problems, currency conversion, tables of weights and measures for liquid and dry goods, word problems, methods of calculating interest, etc. Headings are written in a tall calligraphic script.

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Manuscript catalogue of historical astronomical observations, with remarks.

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Twelve-page manuscript biography of Baltasar Piñas, written in ink on 3 bifolia. The docket title on the verso of the final leaf indicates the manuscript was remitted to Father Joseph Guimara. Dated at the head of page 1 "Muerte del P. Baltasar Piñas 2 abril 1612" and dated again "abril 22 1612" at the conclusion of the text on page 8. Most sources give 1611 as the year of Piñas's death. Signed: Fran[cisco de Villalva. Final two leaves are blank.

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Scope and Contents A collection of manuscript documents relating to the disposition of the estate of Luis de Medina, a secular priest of the Diocese of Lima. A declaration of debts and creditors, dated Lima, September 2, 1578, is followed by the general testament given in Lima, September 26, 1578. This testament orders the payment of debts, the distribution of funds by auction of furniture, and other property, with remaining property left to Medina's brother, Pero Méndez de Herrera. An enslaved man, Domingo,...

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Official manuscript copy of the royal approval of the order merging the Universidad San Gregorio Magno with the Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino.

Official seal stamped on first page, dated 1792-1793. Dated and signed on page 5: "en Quito, en quinze dias del mes de julio de mil setecientos noventa y dos años, Joseph Enqrique." Final three pages are blank.

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A speech by the interim viceroy of Peru, Miguel Nuñez de Sanabria, welcoming the incoming viceroy Diego Ladrón de Guevara, upon his arrival, and enumerating donations, including an enslaved person, to the Society of Jesus.

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