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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Thatcher

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09273 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Letter signed Date: 21 August 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Inquiring whether is it better "to bring the action in the right of" Lucy Knox or Henry Knox for the purposes of ejecting an intruder from the Waldo patent. Also explains how he and Lucy came to be in possession of the Waldo patent.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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