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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to George Ulmer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09195 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Ducktrap, Maine Type: Manuscript letter Date: 29 September 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy

Most of the document is in Henry Knox's handwriting. Noted as a copy. Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow request Ulmer gather information on lands near Belfast, Maine. Provides instructions to Ulmer regarding land settlements and surveying the land.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ulmer, George, 1756-1825
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

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