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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Colonel Knowlton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08041 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter Date: 8 October 1806 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.1 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Discusses a financial transaction relating to William Pendleton and Jonathan Holbrook. Docket indicates the letter is a copy, and also that it relates to Micajah Drinkwater.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Holbrook, Jonathan, fl. 1806
Drinkwater, Micajah, 1739-1825

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