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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Samuel Breck

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03630 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 31 July 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.4 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Recommends John Anstey to Breck and other friends. Notes Anstey was assigned to "ascertain the losses of the loyalists during the late revolution."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809
Anstey, John, fl. 1787-1788

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