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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Jonathan Jackson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07374 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 March 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Knox has sent Jonathan Jackson and the Boston Harbour "for the use of the United States" oak plank and lumber "at the rate of eight Dollars per hundred feet."

Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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