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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Isaac Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Samuel Waldo, and George Irving

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05828 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 20 February 1793 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; 32.2 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Agrees to pay them $25,000 for their interest in the Waldo Patent lands. Believes the sum exceeds the value of the property. Also will buy the islands. Will pay $12,500 by 1 May and the other half a year later. Hopes to be able to negotiate to pay $6,250 in a year and the remaining $6,250 in two years. Wants evidence that the property is not encumbered with debt. Goes into detail about the terms of the purchase. See GLC02437.05777 and GLC02437.05827 for related documents.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Isaac, 1763-1806
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806
Waldo, Samuel, 1764-?
Irving, George W., fl. 1793-1796

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