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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Land agreements]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07738 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 12 August 1802 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Henry Knox and his wife, Lucy Knox. George Reid signed as a witness and David Fales signed as a witness and Justice of Peace. A bargain sale between Henry Knox and Israel Thorndike. Knox acknowledges he received $990 from Thorndike and assigns Thorndike a parcel of land (60 acres) in Thomaston, Maine. Document also states Thorndike owes a note for $300 plus interest and will receive another 200 acres of land. Various other notes and lots are also mentioned. Thomas [Price] noted at the bottom of the second page that the document was received and recorded.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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