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Coffin, Eben, fl. 1773 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00083 Author/Creator: Coffin, Eben, fl. 1773 Place Written: Marlboro, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 July 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox to sell Coffin's violin in Knox's bookstore. Explains how he obtained the violin from England. In a post script, asks Knox to send him magazines.

Coffin, Eben, fl. 1773
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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