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Smith, James, 1713-1806 [Formal request]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06540 Author/Creator: Smith, James, 1713-1806 Place Written: Ducktrap, Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 Ocotober 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 31.1 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

Requests Henry Knox to send in a plan for a plantation and mentions submitting resolves to the office of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Burkmar, Thomas, fl. 1771-1803
Knowlton, Thomas, fl. 1795-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Smith, James, 1713-1806

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