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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Feb. 6, 1811 · Chapter VIII

Chapter VIII. to change the name of Lewis Grant to that of Lewis Grant Davidson

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Chap. VIII.— An Act to change the name of Lewis Grant to that of Lewis Grant Davidson. Feb. 6, 1811. *Be it enacted, &c., * That Lewis Grant of the District of Columbia, devisee of Samuel Davidson, late deceased, of the said district, be, andName to be changed. he is hereby authorized, from and after the passage of this act, to take and use the surname of Davidson, and that his name hereafter be Lewis Grant Davidson, and all acts done and entered into by that name shall have the same effect and operation in law, as if his name had originally been Lewis Grant Davidson. Approved, February 6, 1811.
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