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Loring, Joshua (1744-1789) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01713 Author/Creator: Loring, Joshua (1744-1789) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 November 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.7 x 15.4 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he has received Knox's letter from 22 October regarding payment to the Chevalier de Maudit du Plessis of seventy-seven dollars, and has made the payment to Mr. Thomas Halsey.

Loring, Joshua, 1744-1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mauduit du Plessis, Thomas-Antoine, chevalier de, 1753-1791
Halsey, Thomas Lloyd, 1751-1838

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