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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Alexander Stewart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05118 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.2 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes in references to lands in Peterborough, New Hampshire that his late father-in-law Thomas Flucker purchased from Richard Gredley. Says there has been illegal sales of some of these lands for the non-payment of taxes by squatters. Notes he has employed a Mr. Otis (Harrison Gray Otis) of Boston to help him with this situation. Comments "As soon as the lands shall be entirely disentangled, which will not be a work of much difficulty they will be for sale." Reports that Otis can inform him on how the matter currently stands.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stewart, Alexander, fl. 1791

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