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Vaughan, Charles, 1759-1839 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07575 Author/Creator: Vaughan, Charles, 1759-1839 Place Written: Hallowell, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 July 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21.7 x 17.8 cm. Order a Copy

Encloses (not included) expenses from the survey work on the lands in Hampden, Maine. Notes most of the valuable land is already occupied and subjected to the price under the director of the government. Believes Knox will find the same circumstances in Bangor, Maine. Also mentions he would like Knox to send him some strawberry plants.

Vaughan, Charles, 1759-1839
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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