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Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, ?-1811 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05683 Author/Creator: Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, ?-1811 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 1 November 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the status of Frenchman's Bay settlement in Maine, stating that the settlers have demanded titles to the lands. Complains that Henry Jackson has refused to grant the titles until a survey of the land is conducted. Signed Bacler de Leval and co-signed by Jean-Baptiste de la Roche. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, fl. 1790-1796
Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792

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