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Auction 145, Lot 832

"[Vellum Indenture]",

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Subject: Indentures

Period: 1740 (circa)

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Color: Black & White

Size:
28.8 x 24 inches
73.2 x 61 cm
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This vellum indenture represents a land sale and promissory note between Mary Law of Cumberland and Christopher Tingle of Leeds, Yorkshire. The value of the indenture is 280 pounds. There is a coat of arms and blue tax stamp with foil at the top of the sheet, which is signed and sealed with red wax along the gutter. The 1740 date is indicated with the witness and registrar signatures on verso.

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Condition: B+

The ink is crisp and the text is mostly legible with some light soiling along the edges of the sheets and a small hole in the left blank margin, outside of the text.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/12/2013

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