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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08811 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph document signed Date: 5 January-4 November 1803 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 9.6 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Receipt for a mortgage from William Drinkwater for Nathaniel Pendleton. Also includes another note of receipt on the verso, dated 4 November of the same year for $3.50 of interest from Pendleton, signed by Drinkwater.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Drinkwater, William, fl. 1803
Pendleton, Nathaniel, 1756-1821

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