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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10725 Author/Creator: Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 31 July 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 40.5 cm, Width: 61.8 cm Order a Copy

Serves as a receipt of sale for 2 million acres of land in Maine, from Henry Jackson and Royal Flint to Henry Knox and William Greene. States that Jackson and Flint had clear title, having originally purchased the land from Samuel Philips, Leonard Jarvis and John Read. Notes that a copy of this document was delivered to both Henry Knox and William Greene. Date previously inferred, written in pencil. Most likely written in Massachusetts.

Greene, William, 1731-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Flint, Royal, 1754-1797
Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802
Jarvis, Leonard, fl. 1788-1795
Read, John, fl. 1789-1795

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