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Mason, John, fl. 1776-1790 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02032 Author/Creator: Mason, John, fl. 1776-1790 Place Written: Pluckemin, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 33.5 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Offers congratulations on the end of the war and requests a leave of absence to attend to personal matters. Includes a reply written and signed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, stating that Knox is unable to grant Mason's request.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Mason, John, fl. 1776-1790
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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