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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Note regarding money owed by Mason Wheaton to the estate of Thomas Flucker]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09120 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document Date: 3 March 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.6 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

No signature on the document, but signature of Henry Knox in the docket; both appear to be written in the same hand. Apparently certifies that Mason Wheaton will pay the estate of the late Thomas Flucker a particular sum of money owed to the estate.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wheaton, Mason, fl. 1784-1798
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

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