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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Nathan Dane

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10278 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 August 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 24.7 cm Order a Copy

Asks Dane to give General Jackson any advice concerning a petition to the General Court over land. Also allows him to make any modifications to the petition as he sees fit. Watermarked "Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Petition
Taxes or Taxation
Finance
Waldo Patent
Land Transaction
Government and Civics
The Early Republic

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