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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Benjamin Walker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05384 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 29 March 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.1 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses their land deal with Madame de Leval, particularly the deed Mr. [Louis] Osmont has asked him to sign.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, fl. 1790-1796
Osmont, Louis, fl. 1792

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