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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05615 Author/Creator: Place Written: Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 17-18 September 1792 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Copies of correspondence related to Henry Knox's agreement with William Duer concerning land. Includes various legal documents from the Circuit Court in the Pennsylvania District of the Middle Circuit. Various witnesses and judges include Samuel Caldwell, Richard Peters, George Taylor and Daniel Parker. Noted as a copy.

Caldwell, Samuel, fl. 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peters, Richard, 1744-1828
Taylor, George, fl. 1792-1812
Duer, William, 1747-1799
Holker, John, ?-1822
Parker, Daniel, fl. 1781-1791

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