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Covenant between John Eliot and Margaret Carr, 1624 January 1 : manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
127029
Accession number
MA 1136
Creator
Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
Display Date
Place not specified, 1624 January 1
Credit line
Purchased from Thomas S. Madigan; 1937.
Description
1 item (1 page) : vellum; 11 x 31.6 cm
Notes
7 lines.
Countersigned by George Gower and two others.
Upon the reverse of the document are eight lines concerning the conditions and obligations of covenant.
Apparently a rare and early Eliot autograph.
Summary
Covenant between Eliot of Wrettell (Writtle, Essex Co. Eng.), thy King, Peter King, and John ? of one part, and Margaret, widow of Thomas Carr of the other part.