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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05662 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0114] October 1792 |
| Title | Henry Knox to William Duer including a land agreement |
| Date | 21 October 1792 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Duer, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Agreement with Duer where Duer will sell "all [the] original rights in the province of maine lands" to Knox. Duer will be paid $50,000 in three annual installments, and he will receive the bonds of William Greene, Knox, and Shaw and Randall. Signature has been struck. Contains an autograph note signed by Knox on the address leaf stating that the agreement was cancelled 20 December 1792 by virtue of an agreement between Duer, William Bingham, and Henry Knox. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Finance Debt Waldo Patent Contract |
| People | Duer, William (1747-1799) Greene, William (1731-1809) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Randall, Thomas (d. 1811) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Bingham, William (1752-1804) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |