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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08847 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 25 July 1806 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 30.5 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Statement regarding the purchase of land. William Prescott, Davide Sears and [Israel ?] Thorndike are all buying land from Henry Knox. Noted as a copy in the docket. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Prescott, William, fl. 1805-1806
Sears, David, 1752-1816
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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