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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Mensuration of North River at Dobbs Ferry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10668 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 39.2 cm Order a Copy

Map drawn by or for Knox as commander, bearing his emendations and handwritten docket on the verso identifying the map as "Mensuration of North River at Dobbs Ferry," New York. Measured in yards. Date was added later in pencil.

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