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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01996 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 11 March 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Signature has been clipped. Discusses a purchase of paint and oil. Written in a secretarial hand. Noted as written at the War Office. Creator identified from docket.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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