Tillier, Rodolphe (fl. 1788-1800) [to Henry Knox]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03776 Author/Creator: Tillier, Rodolphe (fl. 1788-1800) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 January 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23.6 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy
Tillier introduces Knox to Mr. Tardiveau, possibly Barthelemi Tardiveau, the author of a memorial Tillier had previously given to Knox. Identified as a copy in the docket.
Tillier was a business agent and the author of the Memoire Pour Rodolphe Tillier, Commissaire-gerant de la Compagnie de New-York, 1800. Tardiveau was a Congressional agent in the west, trader, and author of Mémoire Concernant le Commerce avec Différentes Nations Sauvages.
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