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Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06308 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 15 January 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.9 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Copy of a letter from Benjamin Lincoln in Knox's hand, dated 15 January 1795. Letter congratulates Knox on his retirement and his "escape from an office, which did not give you [bread], and more, that Malice, and design have been fully checked by the force of truth."

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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