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Shaw, Robert G., fl. 1804 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07899 Author/Creator: Shaw, Robert G., fl. 1804 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 8 December 1804 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 24.9 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Comments on a dispute over lands in Maine occurring between Knox and the late Artemas Ward. Considers the legal ownership of the lands, and provides a course of action.

Shaw, Robert G., fl. 1804
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800

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