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Brimmer, Martin, 1742-1804 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07372 Author/Creator: Brimmer, Martin, 1742-1804 Place Written: [Lands at Broadway] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 March 1800 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Brimmer sends within a letter to Knox "described Tracts of Land...claimed by Mrs. Hannah Waterhouse, (widow of S. Waterhouse Esqr.) as sole heiress of her father Job Lewis-her situation in Life is such as calls for the assistance of all her friends."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Brimmer, Martin, 1742-1804
Lewis, Job, fl. 1746-1771
Waterhouse, Hannah, fl. 1800
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Estate
Land Transaction
Women's History
Waldo Patent
Creating a New Government

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