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Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832 to David Sears

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08031 Author/Creator: Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832 Place Written: Beverly, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 June 1806 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 14 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Writes to suggest they bargain on the purchase of land belonging to Henry Knox.

Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832
Sears, David, 1752-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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