Duer, William, 1747-1799 [Proposition for Henry Knox]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05524 Author/Creator: Duer, William, 1747-1799 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: June 1792 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy
Duer signs in text as "Mr. Duer." Presents a proposal for Knox to relinquish to Duer "his Right in the Pre Emption of Two million acres of land made of the State of Massachusetts of by Henry Jackson and Royal Flint..." Discusses in detail seven different features of the proposal, mostly covering financial aspects of the deal.
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