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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Mason Wheaton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04082 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 January 1789 Pagination: 1 p. ; 29.3 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that the bearer, Captain Thomas Vose, has arranged with Knox to occupy and apparently rent farmland belonging to Knox. Asks Wheaton to deliver him to the territory at a time he and Vose can agree upon.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wheaton, Mason, b. 1733
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

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