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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Samuel E. Dutton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07890 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter Date: 29 October 1804 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 19.6 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Writes that he has sold land near Bangor, Maine to Benjamin Bussey, and is now referring Bussey to Dutton for information about those lands.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Dutton, Samuel E., fl. 1803-1805
Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842

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