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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Hills

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06211 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 September 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.3 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Requests Hills delivers a complete survey for a 6000 acre tract of land that is part of the Waldo [patent land].

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Land Transaction
Waldo Patent
Surveying
The Early Republic

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