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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Witherspoon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07656 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 November 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.1 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Requests Witherspoon delivers Knox's oxen, colts, cows, and his other animals on the island (likely Brigadiers Island, present day Sears Island, Maine) to a Mr. [Cauldon]. Also request Witherspoon informs him the amount of wood he can supply this fall and in March.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Witherspoon, John, fl. 1800-1801

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