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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Protest]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09209 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 22 November 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Noted as a copy. A formal protest to the Eastern Committee by Henry Knox, [Joseph Winslow], Isaac Winslow, and Samuel Winslow concerning the patent [Waldo patent]. The protest appears to deal with the legal boundaries and the amount of land that is part of the [Waldo?] patent. Appears the heirs of the Waldo patent are missing 39,088 acres of land from the patent.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Isaac, fl. 1788-1789
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806
Winslow, Joseph, fl. 1788

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