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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to unknown [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10263 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 25 April 1793 Pagination: 1 p. ; 39.2 x 24.6 cm. Order a Copy

States that he would like Captain John Hills, "a celebrated and scientific Surveyor and draughts man" to "make a perfect plan of the Waldo patent which has now become to me very interesting as I have agreed to purchase out the Winslow family." Explains that he is having some difficulty with the patent and wishes the recipient to aid Hills in surveying the land. Content suggests Henry Knox as the creator. Letterpress copy.

The Waldo Patent was an area of land in what is now the U.S. state of Maine belonging to General Samuel Waldo, the grandfather of Lucy Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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