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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Abijah Hammond

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06678 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 28 March 1796 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

No addressee listed, but previous research lists the addressee as "Abijah Hammond at New York." This information was added later in pencil. Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Mentions previous correspondence with Hammond and with Colonel [William Stephens] Smith. Asks about a deed to lands in the Waldo patent, and the financial transactions associated with the deed.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hammond, Abijah, 1757-1832
Smith, William Stephens, 1755-1816
Bingham, William, 1752-1804

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