Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03530 Author/Creator: Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 April 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy
Discusses the Waldo patent land in respect to it interfering "with the lands belonging to the Plymouth Company and requesting to know if the Committe [sic] would make up the defisency [sic] without the proprietors applying to the general Court ... " Informs that General Henry Jackson told him Knox wanted to find someone to reside at St. Georges, Maine and take care of his business there but Putnam cannot recommend anyone.
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