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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04949 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: 17 May 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Peirce received Knox's letter of 8 May 1791. Says the Commissioners rejected Mr. [James] Bowdoin's claim. Also discusses a letter he received from Captain [Thomas] Vose regarding advertisements Vose put up, with the help of [David] Fales and [Moses] Copeland, about the sale of lands in Maine. Encloses the probate bond with this correspondence (not present). Peirce asks Knox "who shall draw the deeds after the sale?" (See GLC02437.04957 for related information.)

Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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