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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09255-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- May 19, 1795
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- [Agreement with James Swan for land sale, with later endorsements]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Agreement granting 25,000 acres in the Waldo patent from Henry Knox to James Swan, also giving Knox the right to buy the land back at a fixed price. Signed twice by Knox with his initials. Later endorsement at bottom of second page, dated 7 November 1798, stating that Knox is buying the land back from Swann. A second endorsement, dated 29 November 1799, states that Swan has yet to transfer his holdings to anyone.
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