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Meade, George, 1741-1808 [Agreement between Henry Knox and George Meade for sale of land]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09256 Author/Creator: Meade, George, 1741-1808 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 May 1795 Pagination: 7 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Articles of agreement between Henry Knox and George Meade regarding Knox selling Meade one hundred thousand acres in the Waldo patent. Part of the last page has been clipped.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Meade, George, 1741-1808

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