Fales, Nathaniel, 1727-1797 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03086 Author/Creator: Fales, Nathaniel, 1727-1797 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 14, 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Asks for permission to continue burning lime in a kiln he built, apparently on land he bought from Thomas Flucker, Knox's father-in-law. Writes, "I am gratly regoyst to hear your honer thinkes of coming to live amonst us which I beleve will be much for your entrest and a grat blesen to the inhabitants... i have don the best i cold to rase the credit of your Lime..."
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