1782, Lancaster, Massachusetts, Loyalist Ezra Houghton signed survey, Capt. May

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1782, Lancaster, Massachusetts, Loyalist Ezra Houghton signed survey, Capt. May:
$81.00

This item is a wonderful, original document dated 1782, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where Ezra Hougton has signed as certifying that a plot of land sold by Captain Sawyer was sold to Captain John May. Document is 6x8, folds, overall good condition.

Ezra Houghton, a prosperous farmer, and recently appointed justice of the peace, affixed hisname to the address to General Gage in 1775, and to the recantation. In May 1777 he wasimprisoned under charge of counterfeiting the bills of public credit and aiding the enemy.In November following he petitioned to be admitted to bail (see Massachusetts Archives(ccxvi, 129), and his request was favorably received, his bail bond being set at two thousandpounds.

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