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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Obligation between Henry Knox, Samuel Ogden and William Duer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05496 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 8 June 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Copy of GLC02437.05495. Includes a note written and signed by William Duer authorizing delivery of "the deed within mentioned to Benjamin Walker in his own name." On page two, contains a note written and signed by Benjamin Walker authorizing delivery of "the deeds for the whole to Saml Ogdon in his own name."

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Duer, William, 1747-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

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