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[Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, Benjamin Lincoln, and Benjamin Pickman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10336 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 3 April 1799 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 38.6 cm, Width: 24.4 cm Order a Copy

Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln promise to pay Pickman twelve thousand dollars. Contains the terms of their obligation. Docketed 16 December 180[4]: "Cancelled."

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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