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Cobb, Miles, fl. 1796-1797 [Deed of land from Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06791 Author/Creator: Cobb, Miles, fl. 1796-1797 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 26 July 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 34 x 20.8 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed with additional information written in by hand. Documents a purchase of land by Henry Knox from Miles Cobb. Land is noted as being in Warren, in the county of Lincoln [possibly located in Maine]. Signed by Cobb, Rachel Cobb, Patrick [Pepbles], and Joseph Copeland.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Cobb, Rachel, fl. 1796
Pepbles, Patrick, fl. 1796
Copeland, Joseph, fl. 1796-1801
Cobb, Miles, fl. 1796-1797

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