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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Sewall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04311 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.9 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Received his letter regarding the purchase of a tract of land in the Waldo patent. Refers him to Captain Thomas Vose and Mr. David Fales, his agents at Thomaston, Maine, for the terms of sale.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sewall, Thomas, fl. 1789
Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

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