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Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02622 Author/Creator: Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; docket ; 22.8 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Knox that he has visitors passing through, a Mr. Vernon and the Count Wengierski, and asks if Knox would mind showing them West Point.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

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