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whyenn OP t1_j7cmhoy wrote

Reply to comment by johnpseudonym in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

So a hundred years ago a form of this was still being used? That's fascinating. There's got to be some sort of documentation of this on the internet somewhere.

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paleo_joe t1_j7rj24s wrote

I dunno. There is a LOT of old knowledge that no one has published on the internet and is found only in books.

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