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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02167 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 June 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 31.1 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the purchase of a house in Brookline, Massachusetts and mentions a Mr. Flucker, possibly in conjuction to the Waldo Patent, a tract of land that is in present day Maine.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828

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