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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Thomas Vose

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05879 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 25 April 1793 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Later copy of GLC02437.05877. The letter is in reference to a house he is having built in Maine (Montpelier).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

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