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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Land deed to Israel Thorndike]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10649 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 3 April 1799 Pagination: 3 p. ; 44 x 29 cm. Order a Copy

Deed for the sale of land within the Waldo patent from Henry Knox to Israel Thorndike. Also signed by Lucy Knox, Thomas Jackson, Mary Lincoln, and signed and witnessed by Samuel Cooper, Nathan Dane, Martin Lincoln and Gridley Thaxter. Next to the signatures note stating deed was "cancelled the 16 Oct 1804." The bottom half of the third page has been lost.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Thaxter, Gridley, 1756-1845
Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

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