1781 antique DEED berwick me KEAG sawmill use Judge Benjamin CHADBOURNE signed
This listing is for original document dated 1781, Berwick, Maine, where John Keag has sold to John Drew of Somerset, New Hampshire, 3 days use at the sawmill on Salmon Falls River
Signed at bottom by John Keag, Jonathan C. Chadbourne, Thomas Roberts and Benjamin Chadbourne. Measures approx 8"x12".
On-line Research shows that Benjamin Chadbourne (1718-1799) had served in Sir William Pepperrell’s expedition against Louisburg in 1745, and later became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He represented the Berwicks in the Massachusetts Congress from 1756-1771, and was a member of the Governor’s Council. .
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