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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 [to the Committee on the Sale of Eastern Lands]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05333 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 March 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Writes, "I learn that the house of Representatives have negatived the report of the Joint Committee on the subject of the Waldo claim - this being the case I am under the necessity of renewing my application for the purchase of two or more townships at the head of the Waldo patent on [order] of General Knox." Hopes that the Committee will accommodate him based on the members's knowledge of his circumstances.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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