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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00781-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 21 August 1779
- Author/Creator
- Sears, Isaac, 1730-1786
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
From Captain Isaac Sears, a founder of the Sons of Liberty. Has sent John De Neufville & Son bills of exchange, and has ordered Neufville to deliver the bills to Knox. Requests silk and gold to be made "into a negligee in the Newest Taste to a Hoop," blond lace treble ruffles, and a blond lace shade, brocade for ladies shoes, and other items. Addressed to Knox at Amsterdam.
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