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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Leonard Jarvis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09175 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 March 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Marked "copy." Relates that General [Rufus] Putnam told him about a plan developed by the Massachusetts legislature's Committee of Eastern Lands regarding the Waldo patent. In this plan, a quantity of disputed territory would be added at the "head" of the patent; apparently, the Plymouth Company also has a claim on this land. Discusses the implications of this plan.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jarvis, Leonard, fl. 1788-1795

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