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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00433 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 11 August 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 22.3 cm Order a Copy

Directs his brother to pay Robert Cook twenty dollars. A note signed with the mark of [Anne Cook] (spelled "Cooke"), on verso, dated 2 September 1776, directs that the payment be made to Isaiah Doane.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Cook, Anne, fl. 1776
Doane, Isaiah, 1753-?

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