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Waldo, Sarah, fl. 1793-1800 [Deed of release]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07403 Author/Creator: Waldo, Sarah, fl. 1793-1800 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 07 May 1800 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Sarah Waldo's deed of release to Henry Knox first signed the "first Tuesday of January A.D." 1791 with subsequent additions in 1793 and 1800. Edward Gray and George Erving signed as witnesses.

Waldo, Sarah, 1737-1817
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gray, Edward, fl. 1799-1800
Erving, George, fl. 1800

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