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- GLC#
- GLC02437.10289-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 15, 1793
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Thomas Longman
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 25 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes to express sympathy that Longman has been having "trouble with the Creditors of Mr. Fluckers estate." Mentions exchanging money for different currencies. Discusesses unspecified circumstances and expresses "gratitude for your forbearance and liberality; that it is with extreme inconvenience that I pay so heavy an arrears, ... by events which I could no more control ... " Some text loss due to trimmed edges. Faded and blurry ink makes writing difficult to read. Two prominent water stains on both the top and bottom of the document. Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold By J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.
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