Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Sale of land by Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Jackson]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10328 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 October 1798 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 39.1 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy
Cosigned by Lincoln and Jackson. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper, Justice of the Peace, and Benjamin Weld as witnesses. Includes some Waldo Patent land and Brigadier's Island. Page four contains the following: 25 October 1798 signature of Samuel Cooper verifying the sale (Boston, Massachusetts); 1 November 1798 signature of Eli Forbes, attesting that this deed was recorded in Hancock County; 14 December 1798 signature of Lucy Knox releasing her right of dower and power of thirds; 14 December 1798 signature of Samuel Cooper and Benjamin Weld verifying Lucy Knox's statement (Boston, Massachusetts).
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