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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Memorial to the Massachusetts Congress regarding the Waldo patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09260 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: February 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Petition by Henry Knox to the state of Massachusetts arguing that the state has not properly surveyed the Waldo patent and has not alloted enough land to Knox and his partners.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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