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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Power of attorney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04713 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 3 September 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Gives his brother William Knox power of attorney to sell Henry Knox's St. Lawrence lands along with 25,000 acres of the Waldo Patent. Recorded in the secretary's office of New York on 4 September 1790 by Robert [Harpur], Deputy Secretary.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, William, 1756-1795

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