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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Jeremiah Wadsworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04435 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 12 December 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.9 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Replies to Wadsworth's letter from 6 December (GLC02437.04426). Discusses a financial transaction and encloses a receipt (GLC02437.04436). Comments on the recovery of Wadsworth's family (from the influenza, as Wadsworth previously noted).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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