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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Sullivan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07354 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 12, 1800 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Knox acknowledges the articles that Sullivan sent him and his wife. Knox also tells Sullivan, "if Thomas Flucker is not gone onboard of any of the Vessells of [near] I pray you to remit immediately the fifty dollars to Mr. Pemberton at Billerica to pay his bills there." Knox encloses the deed for "Mrs. Waldo instead of the one which you have as in that the boundaries are not right." Mentions his disputes with Mackay, Derbey, and Lowell.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sullivan, William, fl. 1799-1806

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