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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Thomas Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03079 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 December 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes to Price, Register of Deeds for Lincoln County (present-day Maine). Requests papers related to the Waldo Patent, expressing disappointment that his previous request went unanswered. Asks for certified duplicates of a deed between Samuel Waldo and the widow Sarah Waldo to Thomas Flucker (Knox's father-in-law) dated 17 August 1773.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Price, Thomas, fl. 1784
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

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