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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to James Bowdoin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04033 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 November 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.1 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Written in the thrid person and signed in text. Informs Bowdoin that he will depart for New York on 24 November, and offers to transmit letters to Lady Temple. Notes that the "Marquis de Santa Cruz, and Duque de Almodovar are the [Grandees] of Spain who would be highly flattered by being admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."

"Duque de Almondovar" likely refers to the VII Marqués de Almodóvar del Río, Pedro Francisco Ximénez de Góngora y Luján (1727-1794).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
Almodovar del Rio, Pedro Francisco Jimenez de Gongora y Lujan, duque de, 1727-1794

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