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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Walker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05243 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 November 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.1 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Has received General [Henry] Jackson's letter regarding a land purchase between Knox and Walker. Writes that he approves Jackson's purchase, on his behalf, of townships in the Waldo patent lands in Maine. Discusses the details of the transaction.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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