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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joshua Loring and Joseph Peirce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01447 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 June 1782 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Consists of Knox's working drafts of two retained letters, one to Joshua Loring and one to Joseph Peirce. In the letter to Loring, Knox asks that he forward him any money that he owes him as well as the proceeds for any sales of items belong to his brother, William Knox. Declares that he must pay 500 dollars over the next two months, and asks that the payments be made in "Morris Notes," if possible (perhaps a reference to financier Robert Morris). In the letter to Peirce, he also discusses the collection of money from Mr. Morris and others, and mentions General Benjamin Lincoln.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Loring, Joshua, 1744-1789
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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