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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Agreement

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07439 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 01 August 1800 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Copy of an agreement between Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Jackson, and Thomas Lindall Winthrop. Knox, Lincoln, and Jackson agree to pay Winthrop debts due from land sales. Payment is preferred "in specie to the said Land." A postscript dated August 4, 1800 on the document mentions another illegible agreement made with someone else.

Winthrop, Thomas Lindall, 1760-1841
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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