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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Agreement with inhabitants of Ducktrap, Canaan and North Port]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06871 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph document signed Date: 26 November 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15.2 x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy

Asks the inhabitants of Ducktrap, Canaan and North Port to deliver to George or Philip Ulmer any lumber they have, in order to pay money they owe for land they inhabit.

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