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Peirce, Isaac, 1722-1811 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04152 Author/Creator: Peirce, Isaac, 1722-1811 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 March 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Writes to discuss bounty lands due to him for being an officer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Discusses the death of his two sons, Hardy and Isaac Peirce, in the service. As executor of his son Isaac's estate, would like to know what lands are owed them.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Isaac, 1722-1811
Peirce, Isaac, 1753-1781
Peirce, Hardy, 1756-1776

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