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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Shute

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09191 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 27 September 1788 Pagination: 6 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 17.9 cm Order a Copy

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Noted as a copy on the docket. Appears to be a land agreement involving Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow in Frankfort, Maine. Instructions are also given to Colonel Benjamin Shute for protecting the above mentioned names property rights. Two inserts are included.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

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