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Advertisement : Whereas the Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late colony of Plymouth, have made and are making divers settlements on Kennebeck-River, particularly at Frankfort near Richmond: For the encouragement whereof the said proprietors have voted to make a grant of one hundred acres of land to every family who shall settle there ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Plymouth Company (1749-1816)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1754]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 40712.
Subjects:	Land companies > Maine. Land settlement > Maine. Kennebec Patent (Me.) Maine > Emigration and immigration. Frankfort (Me.) > History. Broadsides. Advertisements > Real property.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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