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Davis, Thomas, fl. 1794-1799 [Taxes assessed on the Waldo patent lands]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06170 Author/Creator: Davis, Thomas, fl. 1794-1799 Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 16 August 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Certifies "amount of taxes laid on Lands (part of the Waldo patent lands) of the Heirs & Assigns of the late Brigadier General Waldo and paid by Henry Knox." Also certifies the amount of taxes paid in other counties. City is not listed. Docket notes the taxes assessed in the year 1784 was paid by Knox in 1795.

Davis, Thomas, fl. 1794-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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