Articles of agreement between William Shephard and Robert W. Leake regarding land in Pittstown, N.Y. One section of the lower-left part of the agreement is damaged and missing. Leake purchased the use of land for farming in Pittstown from Sheppard for eighty pounds sterling. On side two, "the parties...bind each to the other in the sum of three-hundred pounds money of New York." Side two contains both men's signatures.

Identifier
NYSA_A4016-77_V7_F131a

Date Original
April 27 1774

Contributor
Leake, Robert W.

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives, New York State Engineer and Surveyor. Records of Surveys and Maps of State Lands, 1686-1892. Series A4016-77, Volume 7, Folder 131, Item a.

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