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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Samuel Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07862 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 June 1804 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Takes the opportunity to write via Mr. David Ogden [likely Ogden's son] to send his best wishes to the Ogden family and asks after their well-being.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Ogden, David, fl. 1804
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Ogden, Euphemia Morris, 1754-1818

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