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Waldo, Samuel, 1764-? to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04425 Author/Creator: Waldo, Samuel, 1764-? Place Written: Portland, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 December 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Discusses business related to the Waldo patent, specifically pertaining to Coopers claim. Expresses his wish that Knox "may tend to obtain a recovery of our claim, which is too valuable to be any longer neglected - it contains 1009 acres, and on computing the several sums my grandfather paid for title deeds, it appears to have cost him about 1230 [lbs] this currency." "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Waldo, Samuel, 1764-?

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