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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Clement Biddle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03942 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 July 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.8 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks Biddle for offering to procure him a house in Philadelphia in case Congress moves to that city. Plans to leave in a few days for "the eastward," and promises to pay [Captain] Zeigler's account when he returns.

Clement Biddle was an American Revolutionary soldier. After the War he was a merchant and United States marshal in Philadelphia (1787-93).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

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