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Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06096 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 May 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 31.8 x 19.14 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks his father for the gun he received. Writes the gun is "the handsomest that ever I saw, I hope I shall not give you any reason to be sorry that you gave it to me." Letter is written in Latin and English.

Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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