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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05761 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 December 1792 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Forwards a copy of a journal kept by a Mr. Pierpont, one of the surveyors of the Maine lands (journal not included). Comments on the success of an acquaintance's land speculation and continues to discusses similar business.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pierpont, Joseph, fl. 1792

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