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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Charles Sampson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06863 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Manuscript letter Date: 4 November 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy

Written from Montpelier, Knox's home in Thomaston, Maine. Asks Sampson to return a temporary land lease to a Mr. John Neubit. Was told the land lease, originally belonging to Mr. Samuel Waldo, passed into Sampson's hands "without any assignment on his [Neubit's] part."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sampson, Charles, fl. 1796
Waldo, Samuel, fl. 1793-1799
Neubit, John, fl. 1796

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