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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Randall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05357 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 March 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Marked "copy." Reports that he has received word from Colonel [Benjamin] Walker regarding land purchases (in Maine, in or near the Waldo patent lands). Discusses purchase prices and makes plans regarding their land speculation projects.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818

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