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Fletcher, Thomas, fl. 1774 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00163 Author/Creator: Fletcher, Thomas, fl. 1774 Place Written: St. Croix, Virgin Islands Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 July 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Tells Knox that he referred a friend, Hugh Knox, to him for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions for his upcoming publication of religious essays. Although Fletcher feels that the world has enough of such treatises, he thinks it may be of use to local readers, one-hundred of which have already subscribed. Offers sympathy for "the new measures pursued by great Britain," in reference to the Boston Port Bill. Hugh Knox's letter to Henry Knox on the subject was written on 4 July 1774 (see GLC02437.00161).

Fletcher, Thomas, fl. 1774
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Hugh, fl. 1727-1790

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