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            <mods:title>Affidavit in the case of Mason Fowler vs. William Kirkpatrick</mods:title>
            <mods:subTitle>August 02, 1839</mods:subTitle>
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            <mods:namePart type="date">1807-1885</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Treat, Samuel</mods:namePart>
            <mods:namePart type="date">1815-1902</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:extent>2 leaves; 33 cm.</mods:extent>
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          <mods:abstract>Affidavit in the case of Mason Fowler vs. William Kirkpatrick. Sangamon Cty. Circuit Court. Signed, Stuart &amp; Lincoln. Document and signature in Stuart's hand. Incomplete, first page(?) missing. Verso has A.D.S. in the same case, dated August 3, 1839, by S.H. Treat, Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit of Illinois.</mods:abstract>
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              <mods:namePart>Kirkpatrick, William</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:geographic>United States</mods:geographic>
            <mods:topic>History</mods:topic>
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            <mods:geographic>Illinois</mods:geographic>
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          <mods:identifier displayLabel="Lincoln Document No." type="local">LA 1686 3</mods:identifier>
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