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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Petition]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09204 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 October 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

A draft to petition the General Court for land that was illegally sold to pay taxes. Mentions a resolve passed by the legislature which protects the heirs land rights to the Waldo patent. Letter is not signed but was possibly written by Henry Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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