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Subject: [LDR] Interpretation, Please
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:53:53 EDT

I need help on two points. A document of unclear origin states:

"Thomas Bruff, taylor, assigned on 26 March 1672, to Matthew Ward his right
to 50 a. of land for transporting himself into this Province July 1671. {MPL
16:468}"

First, does this mean that Thomas Bruff transported himself to this province
(Maryland) or that Matthew Ward did so?

Second, what does "{MPL 16:468}" mean? The document is sprinkled with
similar notations, "{TALR 1:317}", "{TAJU NN6}, "{MWB 11:241}", and "{QALR ETA:
202}".

The usage suggests that these are references, but to what?

Ken Folse
Oxon Hill, MD

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