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Boulogne, fl. 1792 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05627 Author/Creator: Boulogne, fl. 1792 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 September 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Writes concerning an agreement to purchase one million acres of land in Maine from William Duer. Mentions that Duer "hath told me that there was some private agreement between you and him by which he was at leisure to dispose of the sd Lands alone" and is now asking Knox whether he should enter into this agreement with Duer or not.

Boulogne, fl. 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Duer, William, 1747-1799

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