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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Contract]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10597 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document Date: 11 July 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 40.4 x 32.7 cm. Order a Copy

Noted as a copy. An indenture contract between Henry Knox and Joseph Anthony. Appears Knox is purchasing land from Anthony in Penobscot and Hancock County, Maine for $26,000. Document is partially printed with information written by hand.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Anthony, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797

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