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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07258 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 23 April 1799 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Legal document stipulating an agreement that Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln agree to pay Samuel Smith $2,180 and $1,090 before October 23, 1800. Docket of the document recounts Knox's balances as of 1802.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Smith, Samuel, 1752-1839

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