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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Vose

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04254 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 24 June 1789 Pagination: 3 p. ; 32.2 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that the bearer of this letter, Mr. William McIntosh, would like to make a settlement for himself in the Waldo patent lands. Asks Vose to contact Mr. David Fales to help McIntosh find a suitable tract of land.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810
Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801
McIntosh, William, fl. 1789

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