Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Thomas Walley
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04052 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 14 December 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 32.4 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Replies to a letter from Walley (GLC02437.04037) in which Walley solicited employment for his son-in-law, Jonathan Langdon. Knox sees "no opportunity wherein I could at this time serve him" noting that any posts he could secure would "afford only a miserable subsistence." Instead, suggests that Walley buy a plot of land in Maine for his son-in-law, daughter, and their nine children.
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