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Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809 Answers to six questions proposed by General Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04943 Author/Creator: Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 May 1791 Pagination: 3 p. ; 22.7 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Dawes, apparently an attorney, responds to Secretary of War Knox's questions about settling the Flucker estate. Mentions issues about claims on the estate, insolvency, taxes, and the sale of "a disputed estate."

Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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