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Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego (1735-1798) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04845 Author/Creator: Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego (1735-1798) Place Written: Madrid, Spain Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 February 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20.4cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he assumes Knox has heard about Gardoqui's recent appointment at Finance Minister in Spain. Introduces the "bearer Mr. Joseph Jaudenes" and his nephew Joseph Santayana, "both having Commissions from His Majesty." Signs as "James Gardoqui."

Don Diego de Gardoqui (1735-1798) was a Spanish merchant and diplomat.

Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego, 1735-1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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