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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Winslow

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04022 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter Date: 2 November 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Marked as a copy. Discusses financial matters. Instructs Winslow to pay back taxes on Flucker estate lands "in the manner precisely pointed out by the law." Gives Winslow detailed instructions as to how to carry out the transaction.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

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