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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Indenture between Henry and Lucy Knox with Israel Thorndike, William Prescott, and David Sears]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10350 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 July 1806 Pagination: 4 p. ; 36.3 x 23.7 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Thorndike, Sears, Prescott, Henry and Lucy Knox. Countersigned by Joseph Platt, Justice of the Peace, and Ebenezer Gage as witnesses. Contains a note written in Boston 24 July 1806 by Joseph Platt. Pertains to Knox's Maine lands.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832
Prescott, William, fl. 1805-1806
Sears, David, 1752-1816
Platt, Joseph, fl. 1806
Gage, Ebenezer, fl. 1806

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