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Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09173 Author/Creator: Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 February 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he and his cousin (likely Isaac Winslow, Sr.) have read Knox's notes regarding the Waldo patent and discussed the claims of Mrs. [possibly Sarah] Waldo (wife of the late Samuel Waldo, Jr.). Provides several notes on the subject, as well as a lengthy quotation from a 1758 letter by Samuel Waldo.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Isaac, 1763-1806
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Waldo, Samuel, fl. 1723-1770
Waldo, Sarah, 1737-1817

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