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Flucker, Waldo (fl. 1798) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07149 Author/Creator: Flucker, Waldo (fl. 1798) Place Written: Billerica, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 June 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 29.3 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Asks his uncle Henry to sell his watch in order to pay for his expenses as he is desperately in need of funds. Creator possibly George Francis Waldo Flucker, more commonly called Francis Flucker.

Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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