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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Daniel Davis [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07954 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter Date: 23 July 1805 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Possibly incomplete. Discusses recent land sales he has made to a variety of individuals, such as a General Derby. Mentions his wife, Lucy Knox, as well as co-landowners General [Henry] Jackson and [Benjamin] Lincoln.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Davis, Daniel, 1762-1835
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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