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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Bingham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05780 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 12, 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the quality of some land and other parties interested in the land. Notes, Colonel Tebiger, who ascended the Kennebec in 1775, has given him a map and claims the land along the Dead River is in excellent condition.

Bingham, William, 1752-1804
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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