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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Brown, Jonathan Crocket, and Robert Jameson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09155 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 26 August 1786 Pagination: 7 p. : docket ; 32.2 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Knox and Isaac Winslow Jr., though both signatures, as well as the letter's content, are in Knox's hand. Addressed to Brown, Crocket and Jameson as members of a Committee for Thomaston. Document suggests regulations and procedures for settlers on land belonging to Winslow and Knox, acting as representatives for the heirs and executors of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Isaac, 1763-1806
Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777
Winslow, Lucy, 1724-1768
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Waldo, Francis, fl. 1728-1784
Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

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