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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Thoughts on aging] [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08160 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: circa 1795-1806 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.5 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Poem or essay on Montpelier (Knox's estate) and the "downhill slope of life." Later docket references "letters left by Mrs. Thatcher by mistake" in 1845.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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