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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Notes from a conversation between John Anstey and Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09177 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 July 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 31.6 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Notes from a conversation between Anstey and Knox on the subject of property loss in America by Loyalists due to the Revolutionary War. Specifically addresses losses by those who stood to inherit from Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and Thomas and Hannah Flucker.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Anstey, John, fl. 1787-1788
Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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