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Davis, Daniel (1762-1835) [Copy of receipt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07874 Author/Creator: Davis, Daniel (1762-1835) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: July 1804 Pagination: 2 p. ; 33.2 x 20.8 cm. Order a Copy

Apparently written in Knox's hand. Receipt for a purchase of land from Knox by a Mr. David [Tricky]. Also discusses financial transactions with Isaac Parker. Signed by Daniel Davis, attorney for Knox (however, the signature is written in Knox's hand).

Davis, Daniel, 1762-1835
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830

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