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Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00067 Author/Creator: Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph note signed Date: 25 May 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 19.1 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Humbly asks Knox for a loan of five or six dollars. Indicates that he will explain the circumstances that brought him to ask in a personal meeting.

Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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