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Lands sold by Genl Knox to Sears, Isriel Thorndike and William Prescott

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08848 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1 August 1806 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Transactions and conditions involving the sale of land to David Sears, Israel Thorndike and William Prescott by Henry Knox. Noted as a copy in the docket.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Prescott, William, fl. 1805-1806
Sears, David, 1752-1816
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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