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Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00041 Author/Creator: Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799 Place Written: Salem, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 March 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : docket : address Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Places a book order for the "six Vol's of Doddridge on the New Testament." Requests that it be sent to the Reverend Asa Dunbar. Oliver was one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Oliver, A. (Andrew), 1731-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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