Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Gleason
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06881 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 13 December 1796 Pagination: 16 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Knox writes to instruct Gleason on the various enterprises that Knox has him working on in Knox's Maine territories. Mentions the logging business, and the construction of some of the wood into shipbuilding materials like spars and masts. Encourages him to contact Zenas Lothrop on Brigadier's Island, another associate of Knox's.
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