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Van Berckel, Franco Petrus (fl. 1790) to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04660 Author/Creator: Van Berckel, Franco Petrus (fl. 1790) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 July 1790 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks the recipient for visiting with [Alexander] McGillivray. Hopes that the recipient and McGillivray can come to dinner since he missed their visit. Possibly written to Henry Knox.

Berckel was minister to the United States from the Netherlands.

Van Berckel, Franco Petrus, fl. 1785-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
McGillivray, Alexander, 1750-1793

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