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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Jacob Sheafe

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07531 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 May 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.6 x 18.1 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Sheafe he is unable to reimburse him the money that Sheafe lent to his "expensive son" (likely Henry Jackson Knox) at this time.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sheafe, Jacob, circa. 1745-1829
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

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