Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00155 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 15 June 1774 Pagination: 1p. : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy
Rivington provides a list of books he has sent to Knox to sell. Mentions other books he was printing. Asks for a list of subscribers Knox has procured, possibly for Rivington's New-York Gazetteer or an edition of Cook's Voyage Rivington was printing. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Signed on docket page by Knox stating, "Recd only a doz of the within/ H Knox."
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