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Waldo, Samuel, fl. 1793-1798 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06000 Author/Creator: Waldo, Samuel, fl. 1793-1798 Place Written: Portland, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 December 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 23 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Wanted to transmit "The Brigadiers plan" in the mail, but it could not be folded small enough to be sent. Says the plan is on a coarse paper and is about 3.5 feet by 3 feet and "I conceive the plan by which a division was first made with the original proprietors - the patent is made to extend to a small point opposite Long Island, then back into the country 30 miles." Will send the plan to Boston, Massachusetts where it will be shipped by water. Postscript asks that Knox send his servant to John Fenno so he can get a subscription to the Gazette of the United States. "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature.

Waldo, Samuel, fl. 1793-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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