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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.03890
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0084] April-June 1788
Title	Declaration of trust related to a land sale
Date	10 June 1788
Author	Macomb, Alexander (1748-1831)
Additional authors	Stoutenburgh, Isaac (1738-1799) M’Kinnen, Daniel (1767-1830)
Document Type	Land transaction document
Content Description	Countersigned by Isaac Stoughtenburgh at a June 1787 public auction at the Merchants Coffee House in New York City and Daniel McKinnen. Verifies the sale of ten townships of land on the southeast side of the St. Lawrence River. Macomb attests that these townships were "sold to divers persons for and in behalf of the following Proprietors..." Lists the proprietors as Philip Schuyler, Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, John Taylor, John DeLancey, and Thomas Marston. Attests that he holds the lands in trust for them.
Subjects	Land Transaction Finance Contract Revolutionary War General
People	Macomb, Alexander (1748-1831) Stoutenburgh, Isaac (1738-1799) M’Kinnen, Daniel (1767-1830) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804) Hamilton, Alexander (ca. 1757-1804)
Place written	New York
Theme	Merchants & Commerce; Law
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information	McKinnen (M'Kinnen) studied law in New York City and handled William Constable's business affairs pertaining to the Macomb syndicate. Possibly the Isaac Stoughtenburgh (1738-1799) who was a delegate to the first and second Provincial Congresses and lieutenant colonel of New York Levies. Isaac Stoughtenburgh could also refer to the Inspector of state prisons (1767-1859).
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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