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Coburn, Isaac (fl. 1803) [Contract for carpentry]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07793 Author/Creator: Coburn, Isaac (fl. 1803) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 30 March 1803 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 30.6 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by both Isaac Coburn and Henry Knox, as well as a witness, a William [Clap]. Agreement in which Henry Knox engages Coburn to work as a carpenter for his estate at the St. George's River (in Maine).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Coburn, Isaac, fl. 1803

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