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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Israel Thorndike]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10337 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 3 April 1799 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 38.4 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Knox and Jackson promise to pay Thorndike six thousand dollars. Contains the details of their obligation. The signatures of Knox and Jackson are struck. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper and Charles Grinnell as witnesses. Docketed 16 October 1804: "Cancelled."

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
Grinnell, Charles, fl. 1799
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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