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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09192 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Frankfort, Maine Type: Autograph document Date: 27 September 1788 Pagination: 5 p. ; 30.1 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Document is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. Instructions regarding a proposition to the settlers in Frankfort, Maine for purchasing land and supplying the settlers with warrantee deeds. States if any settlers reject their [likely Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow who are the heirs and representatives of the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo] proposition they will not be obligated to offer the deal again at a later date. One insert is included.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

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