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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Silas Talbot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07474 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter Date: 18 October 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Copy of a letter from Knox brought to Talbot by Knox's nephew Thomas Flucker. Knox asks that Talbot accept Thomas as a midshipman.

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

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