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Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00119 Author/Creator: Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774 Place Written: Northampton, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 January 1774 Pagination: 1p. +docket. 25.8 cm. x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy

Requests that Knox obtain a blank manuscript book made by the bookbinder Mr. Berkley that Clarke would like to purchase. Asks it to sent to him by the bearer of this letter, Mr. Lyman. A post script urges Knox to get "it well bound, and neatly finished."

Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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