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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Deed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07281 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 4 July 1799 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 35.8 cm, Width: 23.2 cm Order a Copy

Legal document of sale of land from Henry Knox to Sarah Waldo for the unusually low price of two dollars. On the back of the document, there is sale between Sarah Waldo and Henry Jackson and Benjamin Lincoln for one dollar.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Waldo, Sarah, 1737-1817

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