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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Agreement with Daniel Wells]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07079 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 15, 1798 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Agreement between Wells and Knox for Wells to come to Thomaston, Maine and work for Knox as a groom for one year on his estate of Montpelier.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wells, David, fl. 1798

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