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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Isaac Sears, George Clinton, Samuel Broome, and Robert Livingston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02924 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.2 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes to Colonel Sears, Chancellor Livingston, Governor Clinton, and Broome, a merchant and bookseller. Recommends Colonel Stevens, possibly Ebenezer Stevens, to the recipients' acquaintance. Relates that Stevens will be taking up residence in New York City to work as "a dealer in lumber of all sorts, and probably to construct, for buildings of various kinds."

Clinton, George, 1739-1812
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sears, Isaac, 1730-1786
Broome, Samuel, 1735-1810
Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

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