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Rivington, James, 1724-1802 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00131 Author/Creator: Rivington, James, 1724-1802 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Requests the address of John Manning, surgeon & apothecary. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

Rivington, James, 1724-1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Manning, John, 1741-?

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