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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07634-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 October 1801
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Joseph Peirce
- Place Written
- Thomaston, Maine
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 18 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Informs Peirce he received the rum, crackers, and a receipt for $800. Discusses various business dealings including his troubling situation with the low price of lime. States, "the low price of Lime is enough to sicken one." Mentions wanting to find a house in Boston, Massachusetts for 6 months or a year. Also provides a list of goods he would like Peirce to send him.
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