Cox, James, 1751-1834 [receipt for drawing lessons for Knox's children]

GLC02437.04959

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GLC#
GLC02437.04959-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
May 27, 1791
Author/Creator
Cox, James, 1751-1834
Title
[receipt for drawing lessons for Knox's children]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Receipt in Knox's hand and signed by Cox. The receipt is for eight pounds one shilling that Knox paid Cox, an English-born drawing master in Philadelphia, for teaching his daughter Lucy and his son Harry "the art of drawing and for colors."

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