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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Expenses of cutting wood at Penobscot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03645 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sears Island, Maine Type: Autograph document Date: 27 August 1787 Pagination: 2 p. ; 32.5 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Lists the conjectured expenses for cutting wood at Penobscot, which include paying for labor and transport. Written at Brigadiers Island, present day Sears Island, Maine.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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