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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Jacob Sheafe

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07644 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: St. George, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 October 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.3 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses a debt owed by Knox's son, Henry Jackson Knox. Says Mrs. [Lucy] Knox will repay their son's debt and apologizes for taking so long to repay it.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sheafe, Jacob, circa. 1745-1829
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

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