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Head, Joshua, fl. 1805 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07970 Author/Creator: Head, Joshua, fl. 1805 Place Written: Waldoboro, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 September 1805 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 19.8 x 16.1 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that following his request, he delivered to Moses Copeland a particular financial agreement with Edward Carter.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Head, Joshua, fl. 1746-1807
Copeland, Moses, fl. 1786-1807
Carter, Edward, fl. 1805

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