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Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02628 Author/Creator: Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; docket ; 24.9 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Asks to introduce to Knox, Thomas Cajetan Wengierski, a Polish count who is touring America.

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787

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