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Tousard, Louis de (1749-1817) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07318 Author/Creator: Tousard, Louis de (1749-1817) Place Written: Newport, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 October 1799 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 22.4 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

Tousard is awaiting timber and lime and hopes that Knox has not forgotten the orders. He has word from the Secretary of the War to ask Jonathan Jackson for bricks.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Tousard, Louis de, 1749-1817
Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810
McHenry, James, 1753-1816

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