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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Hoff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00532 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 February 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 20.9 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Orders Hoff to deliver to Colonel Stewart an order for "ten tons Grape Shot mostly the larger with some small." Sent to Hoff at Hibernia Furnace, New Jersey. Docket states that the document is a copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776-1777

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