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Kidder, Nathaniel, 1771-1855 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09280 Author/Creator: Kidder, Nathaniel, 1771-1855 Place Written: Prospect, Maine Type: Letter signed Date: 21 July 1802 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 31 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discussing various leases of small parts of the Waldo Patent, parts of which he oversees for Knox. Wonders why Knox allows Captain Grant to occupy so much of the marshland.

Kidder, Nathaniel, 1771-1855
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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