Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [List of trees to be delivered to St. Georges, Maine]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05951 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document Date: 20 October 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 34 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy
List of fruit trees to be delivered to the site of his future house (Montpelier). Includes 200 apple trees, 100 pear trees, 50 peach trees, 50 cherry trees, as well as 200 currant and gooseberry bushes. Mentions cuttings of grape vines, 30 locust trees, a weeping willow tree, and various nut trees will be sent. Place written was made Boston because other letters (GLC02437.05952) show that Knox was there on this date.
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