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Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00017 Author/Creator: Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 October 1772 Pagination: 1 p. : docket : address Height: 27.1 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Reports the shipment of the month's supply of magazines and review publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. Explains that "The Grand Imperial" doesn't produce regular issues, but that he sent what had come in by that date. Longman was a London bookseller.

Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

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