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Blake, Willing, fl. 1801 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07622 Author/Creator: Blake, Willing, fl. 1801 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 September 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 17.6 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Willing Blake and Rufes Gillmon stating to the truth of their testimony. A short report stating there were no signs of the insurgents in the woods and the surveyors are not in danger.

Blake, Willing, fl. 1801
Gillmon, Rufus, fl. 1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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