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Lock, Josiah, fl. 1791 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04903 Author/Creator: Lock, Josiah, fl. 1791 Place Written: Falmouth, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 April 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

[Lock] writes to Secretary of War Knox that he would like to purchase "one hundred acres" of Knox's land "in the North part of this Town." [Lock] describes that the "Land is about five miles from Newcaseo Meetinghouse and about one mile from the main road."

Flock, Josiah, fl. 1791
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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