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Coxe, Tench (1755-1824) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06387 Author/Creator: Coxe, Tench (1755-1824) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 April 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 31.4 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Forwards Knox a note listing exports of Maine (not included). Signed in text.

Author may be Tench Coxe (1755-1824) (see GLC02437.04884).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

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