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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.07667
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0148] November-December 1801 
Title Henry Knox to unknown about hiring men for dam building, house building and wood chopping
Date 13 November 1801
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Document Type Correspondence; Land transaction document
Content Description Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Authorizes a gentleman to hire men to erect dams, houses, and to chop wood. Notes the men's wages will be paid in land at the current market rate. Also mentions he would like various men with trades (blacksmiths, house carpenters, shoe makers, etc.) to settle down with their families.
Subjects Infrastructure  Building Construction  Forestry  Labor  Finance  Immigration and Migration  Artisans  Land Transaction  Industry  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Thomaston, Maine
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Industry
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859