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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Henry Knox's bond to Bussey & Ingalls]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07836 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 15 December 1803 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.4 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Marked "duplicate." Certifies that Henry Knox is obliged to the firm of Benjamin Bussey & Daniel Ingalls for twelve thousand dollars. Enumerates the terms of the contract, which pertains to the sale of land in Maine. Signed by Knox, as well as Charles Davis and L.P. Grosvenor as witnesses.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bussey & Ingalls, fl. 1803
Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842
Ingalls, Daniel, fl. 1803

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