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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to David Fales

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09118 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: 2 March 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. However, the author mentions Knox in the third person, so it is unclear whether it is Knox writing about himself in the third person, or Knox copied a letter written by another party. Refers to an agreement made with Fales's brother Nathaniel Fales, apparently regarding the upcoming sale of lands in Maine to Isaac Winslow. Also discusses the status of the Flucker estate, to which Knox is an executor.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801
Winslow, Isaac, 1743-1793
Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Fales, Nathaniel, 1727-1797

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