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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06373 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 March 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Updates Knox on the progress of the Committee and discusses various land deeds. Notes the petitions can no longer be called upon from year to year.

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

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