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Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777 Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06252 Author/Creator: Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 November 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox a gentleman has been calling on his mother (possibly Mary Winslow) regarding a lot of land (possibly part of the Waldo patent lands) in Nottingham West, present day Hudson, New Hampshire. Notes the gentleman wants to pay half of his bill for the land. Comments his mother is willing to receive the payment and forward it to Knox. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Winslow, Isaac, 1774-?
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Mary, 1743-1800

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