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Robaulet, James (fl. 1791) to Henry and Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05178 Author/Creator: Robaulet, James (fl. 1791) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa September 1791 Pagination: 1 p. ; 17.9 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in text in the third person. Asks leave to visit with Henry and Lucy Knox when he returns to Philadelphia from Albany.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Robaulet, James, fl. 1791

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