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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Job and Josiah Ingraham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06471 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 July 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Informs the Ingrahams that he is aware that they have been moving a mark, most likely a boundary marker, around and now asks that they refrain from doing so. Lower left side is ripped, resulting in text loss.

Ingraham, Job, fl. 1795
Ingraham, Josiah, fl. 1795
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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