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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Alexander White

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07473 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 October 1800 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.9 x 16.1 cm. Order a Copy

Knox informs White that Knox has received from Nathan Dane, John Sprague, and Enoch Titcomb "commissioners of the legislature to whom were referred the terms on which certain settlers within the Waldo Patent were to be quieted each in one hundred acres of land." White will be "entitled to a deed of your lot in New-Canaan" if White pays Knox the $85 with interest that he owes Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
White, Alexander, fl. 1800
Sprague, John, fl. 1797-1800
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
Titcomb, Enoch, 1747-1814

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