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Blanchard, Joseph (1753-1833) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03730 Author/Creator: Blanchard, Joseph (1753-1833) Place Written: Amherst, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 December 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 30.4 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Asks Knox if he is "Interested in any Estate which came to Mr. Flucker by his last Wife towit Brigadere [sic] Waldo's daughter," and advises him that if he is "it may be worth your while to take some care about it - I am Acquainted with it and may be useful in [illegible] it - "

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Blanchard, Joseph, 1753-1833

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