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Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804 [Expression of gratitude from the president and fellows of Harvard College]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03001 Author/Creator: Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 18 May 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.3 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy

Willard, President of Harvard College, expresses thanks on behalf of Harvard for Henry Knox's "kind present to this University, of a number of valuable books on folio."

Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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