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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05338 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 8 March 1792-9 March 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Marked "copy." Contains two letters. The first, dated 8 March 1792 and marked "No. 2," alerts the committee to his intention to buy a certain tract of land in Maine. The second, dated 9 March 1792 and marked "No. 3," discusses the possibility of Mr. William Tudor purchasing some of the lands.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Tudor, William, 1750-1819

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