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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Whose Will Is This?

Know all men by these presents, that I --- --- of Harford County & State of Maryland being in a very...

Whose will is it?

13 comments:

  1. To me it looks like "Sam Gibson"

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  2. I agree with Gibson but the S in State doesn't look like the first name. Perhaps it begins with A though there is not a capital A represented. Maybe Asm though that makes no sense.

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  3. It looks like "James Gibson" to me.

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  4. the first letter is not constant with other "s" in the pharagraph, first letter more like "a" so I think its written "aom" or possibly "a.m" with a last of "Gilson" third letter more closely matches with this writers "l" than "b"

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  5. Maybe "Ian" or "I am" Gibson...

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  6. I think that what we "see" is only a portion of the document. I would transcribe this portion as:

    "...know all men by these presents, that I am -
    Gibson of Harford County of State of Maryland being in a very..."

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