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Bradbury, Theophilus (1739-1803) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00077 Author/Creator: Bradbury, Theophilus (1739-1803) Place Written: Falmouth, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 June 1773 Pagination: 1p. : docket ; 19.5 cm. x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy

Indicates that he is sending Knox his magazines from 1772 for binding. Requests additional magazines and places an order for stationary.

Bradbury worked as a lawyer in Falmouth, Maine from 1761 to 1779, and was later appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

Bradbury, Theophilus, 1739-1803
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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