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Blake, Martin, fl. 1806 [Agreement with Henry Jackson Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08059 Author/Creator: Blake, Martin, fl. 1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 17 March 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Indicates that Blake has purchased Knox's house and the land surrounding it. Enumerates the details of the purchase, including the right of Knox to buy the house back within a particular period of time. Unsigned by Blake or Knox, but the words "I agree to the above" are written in a different hand at the bottom. Docket attributes these words to Blake as an agreement to the terms.

Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Blake, Martin, fl. 1806

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