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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Joseph Hoff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00532 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 February 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 20.9 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Orders Hoff to deliver to Colonel Stewart an order for "ten tons Grape Shot mostly the larger with some small." Sent to Hoff at Hibernia Furnace, New Jersey. Docket states that the document is a copy.

Joseph Hoff managed Hibernia Furnace, also known as the Hibernia Works.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776-1777

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