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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00806 Author/Creator: Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 Place Written: Nantes, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 April 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Writes that this letter as an introduction and states that it will be delivered by a Mr. Gau, the Commissary at War for the Corps of Artillery. Remnants of sealing wax on the address leaf.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

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