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Bass, Phillipe (fl. 1774) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00160 Author/Creator: Bass, Phillipe (fl. 1774) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 June 1774 Pagination: 1p. addr. +docket. 19.3 cm. x 15.8 cm. Order a Copy

Captain Bass informs Knox that he knew his brother John when they sailed to London together. States that he has "been sick going on three years which has seduced me to the necessity to ask favours from Sundry Gentleman." Asks Knox for a donation.

Bass, Phillipe, fl. 1774
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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