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Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03760 Author/Creator: Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 13, 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox whether he has the right, based on his military service, to two or three hundred acres of Ohio Company land. Adds that Mrs. [Mary] McNeil[l] thanks Knox for settling her husband's accounts. Knox has noted his answer beneath the docket.

Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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