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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Silas Talbot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07468 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 08 October 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.3 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Knox asks Talbot "to receive on board of the Constitution on the pay of an ordinary seaman, but to act as a midshipman Master Thomas Fluker, brother to Francis Fluker who has heretofore sailed under your orders."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813
Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Flucker, Thomas, fl. 1796-1801

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