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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Joshua Head

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07357 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 January 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.5 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy

Knox goes over with Head the issue of the notes and mortgage that are in dispute between the two of them. Knox requests a visit from Read the following Wednesday. Mentions that John Amory is Read's counsel and William Sullivan is Knox's on this matter.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Read, Joshua, fl. 1800
Sullivan, William, fl. 1799-1805
Amory, John, fl. 1799-1806

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