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Unknown to James W. Head [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07562 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 10 July 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 30 x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Head he made the necessary arrangements to his regiment. Mentions he can produce 250 men on a short notice. Expresses his desire to have the business with the insurgents in the back settlement (likely part of the Waldo patent) taken care of as quickly as possible. A portion of the letter, including Knox's signature, is missing. Date was taken from the docket, which is in Knox's hand.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Head, James Waller, 1766-1861

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