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[Discussing proposal regarding settlers on Waldo patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09300 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1783-1815 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Regarding the terms on which the settlers on the Waldo patent can continue to live on their lands. There was an ongoing debate between Knox and these settlers over who these lands belonged to.

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