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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Land sale]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07663 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 November 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 18.8 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

First page signed by John Gleason, David [Fales] and Henry Knox. Page two includes a note signed by Samuel Russell and Benjamin Russell. Appears to be a note for a lot of land in Hancock Country, Maine. The note gives Benjamin Russell 100 acres of land in return for $363.30 plus interest to be paid to Henry Knox over three years.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801
Gleason, John, Jr., 1758-1822

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