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Whipple, Oliver, 1744-1813 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00105 Author/Creator: Whipple, Oliver, 1744-1813 Place Written: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 December 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 18.1 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Discusses activity in trying to settle a debt owed to Knox by Robert Fowle and Daniel Fowle. Mentions the possibility of holding "them to Bail at our next Court." Whipple was serving as Robert Fowle's lawyer, but a post script indicates that he is no longer empowered to transact business for Fowle. For previous discussions of their debt see GLC02437.00064, GLC02437.00097, and GLC02437.00102. Robert Fowle worked as a printer and publisher in Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire until 1777.

Whipple, Oliver, 1744-1813
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fowle, Robert Luist, 1743-1802

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