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Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802 to Settlers of the Waldo Patent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07488 Author/Creator: Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 24 November 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 17.6 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Rynier writes on behalf of Henry Knox that Knox expects "on his return from Boston, which will be on or before the 15th. of December next that all Persons, who subscribed for Land in 1788, and all others settled on Land, belonging to him in the Waldo Patent...will individually comeforth, bring with them their Plans, and received their deeds before the first day of January next."

Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ulmer, George, 1756-1825
Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

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